The Official Hello Everyone Thread

CodeBeast · 2014-11-23 21:04:17

Hello Everyone!

I'm relatively new to both Linux and Arch! Definitely Arch! I know, a bit masochistic and over reaching but hey, I really love the idea of simplicity and starting from scratch. This is going to be a weekend project for a quite a few weekends. I can't wait for the advice that I can soak up from this unbelievable community, hopefully I will be able to add some of my own one day! :-D

ephemeralCuriosities · 2014-11-23 22:30:58

Hello, everyone.

I've been dabbling with Linux on my laptops on-and-off for a few years or so and have been running Arch on one of my laptops since August (no proper DE - just Openbox with a mishmash of software and both Tilda and Sakura for terminal shenanigans; still looking for a good-looking SLiM alternative, though). I'm still sorta surprised at how much of an improvement this setup is over all the other ones I've tried - all my work is now done from here despite the desktop being more powerful, and I think once Trillian for Linux is out of pay-to-use beta I might install it on the desktop and just use the Windows partition for the games I can't play here yet. Hell, even the fonts look better than on Windows, to the point where I do most of my reading and browsing here (thank you, Infinality).

Anyway. Reading the forums helped me out a lot in the past so I'm registering just in case. Will probably just lurk for the most part.

drcouzelis · 2014-11-23 23:34:59

Welcome.

ephemeralCuriosities wrote:

I think once Trillian for Linux is out of pay-to-use beta I might install it on the desktop and just use the Windows partition for the games I can't play here yet.

What features does Trillian for Linux have that aren't in Pidgin or Empathy?

ephemeralCuriosities · 2014-11-23 23:53:17

drcouzelis wrote:

Welcome.
ephemeralCuriosities wrote:
I think once Trillian for Linux is out of pay-to-use beta I might install it on the desktop and just use the Windows partition for the games I can't play here yet.
What features does Trillian for Linux have that aren't in Pidgin or Empathy?

It's less the features and more the fact that I have a couple contacts that only use Trillian. Last I checked the Astra network (Trillian's) isn't supported in any of the alternatives I've searched (Pidgin included). Otherwise I'd use one and connect to it for chatting.

Haven't checked out Empathy, though. Does it support that network? 'Cause my google searches are proving fruitless in that regard.

drcouzelis · 2014-11-24 02:27:23

I see. You are correct, neither Pidgin nor Empathy support the Trillian chat protocol.

ArtsAndLeisure · 2014-11-24 11:36:30

Hello everyone,

My name is Renate. I am very new to Arch and even to Linux as a whole. I have been a Windows user for most of my live. I had a tase of Ubuntu some years ago, but it didn't stick and I switched back to Windows 7. Two months ago I decided to dive right in and get my hands dirty with Arch. I started off with Gnome 3 and hated it. Since I have a soft spot for Haskell I gave Xmonad a try, and so far I'm loving it. Feels like I am building my perfect, personalised system one step at a time.

In the past two months I have consulted this wiki and the forums heavily, so I figured I'd sign up to say thanks to everyone, for asking the right questions and for explaining answers.

Cheers!

nomorewindows · 2014-11-24 12:59:05

drcouzelis wrote:

I see. You are correct, neither Pidgin nor Empathy support the Trillian chat protocol.

You could try to wine the trillian, but as I remember it was kinda crashy at times. Hmm...make a all-in-one messenger client, and then make your own proprietary protocol.

ospencer · 2014-11-25 12:34:48

Hello everyone!

I was an Ubuntu user for 2 year and decided to switch to Arch last week. Despite Linux for 2 year about I am now realising I knew very little about Linux. This last week has been both challenging and most awarding. Very excited about being part of the Arch community

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parazyd · 2014-11-25 12:43:42

Welcome! You'll learn a lot about Linux. Be sure to read a lot of the stuff in the Wiki if you get stuck. A LOT of it's covered.

Uqbar · 2014-11-25 15:18:36

Hi all.
I am not really a newbie with Linux as I have installed my first machines using a buch of 1.44 MB floppies back to 1991.
And I had installed Minix v1 on PCs before that.
I have been using SLS, Slackware, Gentoo SuSE and Ubuntu in the past ... many years.
I am using Linux for daily work since 2001 and won't go back.
I am testing archlinux as I afeel quite disappointed by my current choice.

parazyd · 2014-11-25 15:35:37

What were you using before Arch?

drcouzelis · 2014-11-25 15:56:08

parazyd wrote:

What were you using before Arch?

I don't know. Uqbar didn't mention which version in the last post here either. (Hehe. I like you, Uqubar.)

That's amazing that you've been using Linux since its very first release!

natanvarga · 2014-11-25 16:00:19

Hi, I've been on linux for almost two years now. i ran manjaro for over a year until tomorrow. looking forward to learning a lot now.

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Uqbar · 2014-11-25 16:17:24

drcouzelis wrote:

parazyd wrote:
What were you using before Arch?
I don't know. Uqbar didn't mention which version in the last post here either. (Hehe. I like you, Uqbar.)
That's amazing that you've been using Linux since its very first release!

I have been using using Kubuntu and Ubunt userver. Both 14.04.

ajithkumar · 2014-11-27 01:46:01

Hi All, I have just moved on to Arch Linux two days ago. Finished installing the Enlightenment DE and lightdm last evening, with all the help from the forum and wiki pages. Thank you one and all!!!!!!

I have been using Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Puppy, Slax as well as Bodhi during this period. I have an old laptop 2006 vintage and so I decided to move to smaller distributions. Now with Arch set up, it was a good learning experience. Look forward to much more interactions in the coming days.

Greetings to all once again.

pjhalsli · 2014-11-28 01:52:21

Hi all I think it's time to use my account for something and what better way to start than to introducing myself.
Norwegian here- those who know me call me PJ

I now have 5 laptops 3 of them I used Evo/Lution to install Arch. The two others I installed it the recommended way - followed the installation guide and it worked fine. Took longer but as I wrote worked just fine.

Some of my Linux history. I'm kinda Linux noob. Have been playing with different distros now and then but always felt they were kind of buggy so I quickly turned back to using Macs again. Then for 3-3.5 years ago turned to Linux mint full time. As time passed I wanted to learn more and found Manjaro - there I stayed for a year and a half. I started to disagree with the course the project is taking and decided to move on. So 5-6 months ago I did my first Arch install and there was some issues (my fault) but they all worked out in the end. When Carl Duff entered the Evo project I moved from Manjaro and followed him over to Evo. In the start he used helmuthdu's AIS script even though it's now completely re-written in-house. I think it's a great project to give users a taste of Arch before they decide if they want to go with it full time. Even though I recommend Evo to new users I also say that they have to learn the Arch way of installing if they're going to use Arch full time. I see to user groups using Evo.
1 those that want to try it and see what all the fuzz is about
2 Those that have done tons of real installs and just want to have a quicker solution now and then. Well enough about Evo
Probably wont be participating too much on this forum as I don't like much of the attitude i see from some users towards new users. Granted they SHOULD read the rules before joining but that's not in any way a justification for bashing them and belittle their questions. . Show them a link at least - tell them where to go for the info they so desperately seeking.
This is in no way a rant or criticism. Just an observation

I will participate here now and then but Evo is the forum I "belong" too.
Anyway - just wanted to introduce me and hope I'll get some new "friends" here and some more knowledge ( which I'm sure of)

'till next time
I also want to thank the team - past and present for making Arch what it is A truly heartfelt gratitude towards all the devs that make this wondeful distro

See you in the forum

Edit
some typos

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raugh · 2014-11-28 22:43:16

hello all,

i've been using linux for a little less than a year and decided to use archlinux because the documentation is excellent & i want to learn how it all works.

JohnBobSmith · 2014-11-29 18:39:31

Hello everyone!

I have been using Linux Mint for over a year now. I come to Arch because I want to build a system from the ground up, in hopes of learning Linux. I tried Gentoo a while ago, and nothing worked. So I'm hoping this will be much better. I have Debian installed on my desktop, but I don't agree with its "stable, testing, unstable" style of releases. I say this because Debian stable (what I'm using) has ancient software, and I find it hard to get the software I need working on Debian (programming libraries mostly). However, I do agree with the rolling release sort of system. I also like the Arch philosophy of simplicity and code correctness. So here I am. I consider myself an above-average computer user. I'm still in senior high school, and I hope to pursue a career in programming or something art/film based after graduation. I also hope to contribute something meanginful to the Linux community, be it Arch or Mint. I also program in C++ as an enthusiast, and do graphics art in Blender and Gimp.

I hope my age is not a problem. I may be young, but I am intelligent for my age.

Have a good day!

Jallen720 · 2014-11-30 01:00:47

Hey Arch Community!

3rd time installation of Arch (5th if you count my failed attempts on VirtualBox ). First two times I was still unfamiliar with Linux (coming from Windows) and was testing the water. I loved Arch's minimalist approach but struggled to get anything to work properly and decided to go with a more "newb friendly" distro. Since then I've bounced around between Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Pinguy & Elementary OS. After a year of using Linux regularly I'm ready to give Arch another try. I think between the in-depth wiki and the active community I'll have a much better experience this time around. I've been a hobbyist programmer for 3 years now (C# with Unity3D on Windows, HTML, CSS, JavaScript & LAMP stack, and most recently C++ with OpenGL) and hope to use Arch as my primary development environment once I've settled in.

See you all in the forums! (Most likely the "Technical Issues and Assistance" section )

rsupremo · 2014-11-30 18:19:53

Hi there,

I am just trying out Arch on my Raspberry PI and I really like its DYI approach which not only makes it lightweight but also help those who want to learn more about Linux internals more. Also the documentation is really, really good and I have been using some of it even when I did not have Arch instalation.

Trilby · 2014-11-30 21:51:21

rsupremo, welcome to the forums - but keep in mind archlinux can't be installed on a raspberry pi - that would be archlinuxarm which is a different distro with their own forums. If you need help with it, please be sure to ask on their forums.

starbreaker · 2014-12-01 19:39:14

Hi, everybody. I decided to take the plunge and install Arch on my old System76 Pangolin Performance laptop this past Saturday. I had more trouble preparing media than I did with the actual installation; I eventually bit the bullet and dug up a blank DVD instead of trying to figure out why these instructions didn't work for me.

I've got yaourt set up; I used it to install Google Chrome and some stuff I needed for my jekyll projects. I think I forgot to install git and pandoc, though.

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draugur · 2014-12-02 03:12:21

Hello to all, long time lurker. I've been using Arch for a couple of years, thought its about time I joined the community. Currently running KDE problem free.

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Megameneer · 2014-12-02 18:05:12

Hello everyone,

I want to thank the Arch developers for making this operating system. Giving the users free choice of installation is exactly what I want. I don't see a reason why a distro should deliver extra software that I don't need. That also makes it possible that I am posting this message on a Pentium 4 2.8 GHz which I still use daily! And believe me, I was a serious distro-hopper, but Arch gave me so much more power that I am Arch really gives me the power to control my whole computer without being too hardcore like all those source-based distro's. The control Arch gives gives me the opportunity to turn a Raspberry Pi into a usable, reasonably fast desktop operating system. Try that with Ubuntu.

Cheers,

Dennis

collisionsystm · 2014-12-04 01:39:47

Hello! I decided to finally join the forums

Arch has been great so far and is hands down, the easiest distribution I have ever used. Everything about it makes sense to me and I just really enjoy it.

It powers my laptop, desktop and my arcade machine

Cheers everyone!

Arch Linux

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