My favorite thing about Arch Linux is...

magnum_opus · 2006-06-27 14:01:18

benplaut wrote:

AUR, rolling release, pacman, speed, simplicity.
The best: a huge percent of the community uses WMs (more than half, i'd guess, going by the screenshot thread).
No more explaining over and over why my setup looks so weird

do you mean vs DEs or like vs consoles

ScriptDevil · 2006-06-27 17:02:56

vs. De's of course,.

I use a WM too! :smile:

Bison · 2006-06-27 19:47:12

phrakture wrote:

Bison wrote:
I tried using debian after arch one time, and it was like getting kicked in the groin!
I lol'd
I have nothing worthwhile to contribute

That should definately be their logo

twiistedkaos · 2006-06-27 20:05:45

soloport wrote:

twiistedkaos wrote:
I still have yet to figure out why every loves AUR....
The reaon I love arch is because it can be what ever you want it to be....
You may have just answered your own question about why everyone loves AUR ;-)

Hmm I don't see where you're going xD. I understand that AUR is a way for people to interact with Arch and have the ability to submit and code pckbuilds for other people to use on their system. But I don't understand how I answered my own question. I guess there's always the possiblility that I am blind the the clear and obvious

benplaut · 2006-06-27 20:46:38

twiistedkaos wrote:

soloport wrote:
twiistedkaos wrote:
I still have yet to figure out why every loves AUR....
The reaon I love arch is because it can be what ever you want it to be....
You may have just answered your own question about why everyone loves AUR ;-)
Hmm I don't see where you're going xD. I understand that AUR is a way for people to interact with Arch and have the ability to submit and code pckbuilds for other people to use on their system. But I don't understand how I answered my own question. I guess there's always the possiblility that I am blind the the clear and obvious

kaboom!

twiistedkaos · 2006-06-27 20:49:40

benplaut wrote:

twiistedkaos wrote:
soloport wrote:
You may have just answered your own question about why everyone loves AUR ;-)
Hmm I don't see where you're going xD. I understand that AUR is a way for people to interact with Arch and have the ability to submit and code pckbuilds for other people to use on their system. But I don't understand how I answered my own question. I guess there's always the possiblility that I am blind the the clear and obvious
kaboom!

Lol, after re-reading my own post... I did happen to answer my own question O.o. Nice, go me?

Ryujin · 2006-06-27 22:21:02

That I can do anything with it, I can install KDE, GNOME, Xfce etc and they don't argue! Most distros throw a fit!

And of course, you guys, a great community!

Bjørn · 2006-06-27 23:32:50

I like pacman a lot, and a desktop that's cutting edge any day I want.

On my laptop I prefer to have things more stable, so I run Ubuntu on it and update it twice a year. However, I have actually compiled and installed pacman/makepkg on Ubuntu to be able to manage some rare libraries by building them using PKGBUILDs. :-)

PenguinFlavored · 2006-07-10 05:41:05

Tweaking.

I love changing the config files to make my system my system. With the bigger distros I couldn't do that without fear of the angry GUI configuration tool gods smiting me :twisted: .

Oh, and the simplicity, current packages, pacman, rolling releases, stuff that people have already said. Before I found Arch, I was a Slackware person. But with Slack I had to do more busy work such as package creation, and downloading and upgrading manually. With Arch, I have pacman -Syu, and a clean and simple PKGBUILD scripts. And ABS, which borrows from BSD Ports and Gentoo Portage.

So I guess one way to sum it up in one word is not cumbersome. O.K. so what if that was two words?

kensai · 2006-07-10 14:03:16

I have to admit lately Arch Linux is winning me over in ways Gentoo hasn't yet. So maybe I'm facing a change of distro and I might stay here. Arch Linux is taking the big steps in the right direction. Thanks Devs.

MasterChief1234 · 2006-07-10 20:31:15

I like how Arch is always up to date, it's lightweight, fast, and easy-to-use.

Edit: I can't get my avatar to work. Do I need a certain amount of posts to get it to work ?

Snowman · 2006-07-10 20:58:52

MasterChief1234 wrote:

I like how Arch is always up to date, it's lightweight, fast, and easy-to-use.
Edit: I can't get my avatar to work. Do I need a certain amount of posts to get it to work ?

For the avatar, unless that was fixed recently, only the "Link to off-site Avatar" method works. Use imageshack if you don't have any web space.

MasterChief1234 · 2006-07-10 21:11:43

Snowman wrote:

MasterChief1234 wrote:
I like how Arch is always up to date, it's lightweight, fast, and easy-to-use.
Edit: I can't get my avatar to work. Do I need a certain amount of posts to get it to work ?
For the avatar, unless that was fixed recently, only the "Link to off-site Avatar" method works. Use imageshack if you don't have any web space.

Thanks, I wanted to use my arch-tux avatar. I used a plain tux from tux.crystalxp.net and then I put the arch logo on it.

Snowman · 2006-07-10 21:44:35

MasterChief1234 wrote:

Snowman wrote:
MasterChief1234 wrote:
I like how Arch is always up to date, it's lightweight, fast, and easy-to-use.
Edit: I can't get my avatar to work. Do I need a certain amount of posts to get it to work ?
For the avatar, unless that was fixed recently, only the "Link to off-site Avatar" method works. Use imageshack if you don't have any web space.
Thanks, I wanted to use my arch-tux avatar. I used a plain tux from tux.crystalxp.net and then I put the arch logo on it.

No problem. Nice avatar BTW.

ducttapeBigSexy · 2006-07-10 22:11:57

Sounds like the rolling release is one of the biggest sellers.... I know it is in my book!

But, not to mention the easy / powerful text based configuration, speed, the ability to run whatever you want, and the awesome package manager (so many other distro's package managers are slow and don't work half the time!)

deficite · 2006-07-11 03:22:52

The fact that I know EXACTLY what my computer is doing at all times and how it's doing it. Several distros are so complicated in design that you never know what you're supposed to edit, what you CAN edit, and what the name for that obscure tool is.

deft · 2006-07-24 18:02:14

One point would be, the ease with which you can create your own "custom" installation "from scratch". Install the base set and pacman the rest

paul_au · 2006-08-08 13:00:41

reason why i like arch:

1. Basically the speed and memory usage which stems from only installing what you want
2. pacman
3. Init scripts (i was a big fan of slackware's and arch goes one step futher)
4. The fact its not a dumbed down distro....it makes you learn and understand how it all works.

balzac · 2006-08-08 14:10:16

my favourite thing about Arch is ...

... nothing. It's imho just a distro with some strengths and weaknesses. (If I had to choose one advantage, then it would be rc.conf)

Many people mention the rolling release feature and yes, rolling releases are nice, but on a bleeding edge distro like Arch or Gentoo, this also means that things can break from time to time.

Other distros I used (even rpm ones) can also be upgraded from one release to another, if you are not too inexperienced with your distro. E.g. I had upgraded both my Debian and my Fedora systems. Fedora was a bit more tricky than Debian but it also worked. Only a few things needed some manual fixing later. Upgrading Slackware wasn't problematic either. That is why I do not see the "rolling release" argument as a BIG advantage.

Oh, and speed and memory usage: I had other distros that were similar or even better than Arch in that respect.

I am more interested in things that people don't like about Arch. It would be a much more valuable thread.

soloport · 2006-08-08 15:01:37

balzac wrote:

Q I am more interested in things that people don't like about Arch. It would be a much more valuable thread.

A Thread downers.

synthead · 2006-08-09 01:19:05

The best reason?? Can I only pick one?

Minimalistic. Arch is nothing at all, what you want it to be is everything it is.

Package management. Anything you want, you can have with just a single command.

AUR. ... And if it isn't in the repos, you can still have it or even support the community.

Configurationless. Did you download it? Then it works. Configure it if you'd like it to be different.

Community. Need help? Your problems can be worked out in minutes with the forums.

Speed. No extra stuff that is useless to you to slow down the system whatsoever.

Current. Mostly everything in the package management is up to date, and development is strong.

I could go on and on!

Insane-Boy · 2006-08-09 09:29:21

1.Pacman - maybe like emergy but soo better ;-]
2.Stable.. - like slackware
3.Speed - i haven't seen speeder distro..
4.Init system .. - like slackware but better

PS;From this post you'll understand i'm old slack fan..;-]

kensai · 2006-08-09 15:25:45

Insane-Boy wrote:

1.Pacman - maybe like emergy but soo better ;-]
2.Stable.. - like slackware
3.Speed - i haven't seen speeder distro..
4.Init system .. - like slackware but better
PS;From this post you'll understand i'm old slack fan..;-]

Everything I agree but #1.Pacman - maybe like emergy but soo better ;-]
I love Arch Linux and all but I can't make an statement that big ever. portage is so advanced still pacman has a lot to learn from a true package manager. Don't get me wrong Pacman can be an advance package manager just look what Frugalware has done, they have made pacman an advance package manager. Arch Linux still has an old version with very limeted options yet.

soloport · 2006-08-09 15:44:52

kensai wrote:

Arch Linux still has an old version with very limeted options yet.

Aaaah... The Arch Way emerges. 8)

kensai · 2006-08-09 16:20:41

soloport wrote:

Aaaah... The Arch Way emerges. 8)

You can make it more advanced still being simple, see pacman3 it is advanced still simple, but devs don't care much about it to stabilize it.

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