Arch Review

Blind · 2006-12-01 22:16:14

Off Topic, maybe, but I think we are on the right way to improve Arch, just as it should be. Bad reviews can also be healing...

Cheers,
Blind

Misfit138 · 2006-12-20 16:58:26

The tpowa iso's are terrific, they work great and my hat goes off to him and anyone else responsible for this invaluable resource.

Unfortunately, I find that many of the best things in life and Linux are esoteric - you need to invest quite a bit of time to learn, understand and know a substantial amount before fully taking advantage of it.
Case in point, the Arch iso's. The kernel panic error after a 0.7.2 install, or the full package conflicts seem like enough to scare some people away, but the ones that stick it out are the ones that are truly able to see how beautfiul Archlinux is.

A competent Linux user (I most certainly am not) can no doubt get through the install issues, but I suppose the unfortunate happenstance of the installation bugs (initrd being replaced by initcpio,etc) may be too much for a lot of people of all skill levels, who expect it to 'just work' without such glitches.

I'm glad I stuck it out and got to complete the install. I love Archlinux and would like more people to find it and use it. I wish there was more I could do.

Misfit138 · 2006-12-24 05:47:39

tpowa wrote:

0.7.2 is that outdated you should defintly use the newisos to install:
http://www.archlinux.org/~tpowa/newisos/
there are so many quirks already fixed

The 0.8 base and current page is 404.

tpowa · 2006-12-24 09:14:04

get 0.8 from other location mentioned in the frontpage news

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