The Official Hello Everyone Thread

nomorewindows · 2014-12-04 02:13:42

collisionsystm wrote:

It powers my laptop, desktop and my arcade machine

Tilt! Tilt!

Xezlec · 2014-12-04 04:33:00

Hi!

I've been trying to use Linux, off and on, since the 90s. Been through a lot of distros... had a lot of bad experiences. I've been a full-time Linux software developer for about 7 years, but I actually didn't manage to switch to Linux as my one single-boot OS at home until about 2 years ago, and even then I didn't dare consider myself an "advanced" Linux user, so I shyed away from touching a lot of things.

I guess I learned quite a bit over the last couple years though. This has been my first try at a "minimal" system. I installed Arch and got everything working right again over a weekend, and in the process realized I feel pretty confident that I know what most of the major pieces of the OS do and feel confident keeping track of everything myself, so I guess I'll go ahead and wear the "advanced" label now. I've even been thinking about trying to write my own init, just for fun, but Lord knows when or whether I'll get around to that one.

Using fluxbox on two monitors configured as separate X screens, no need for a display manager or xinit, no sound server, got my web server, ssh server, gettys working on my VT102 and ADM5, and everything seems great so far!

In the process though, I found a couple minor package dependency bugs and a weird X server bug that I should probably report...

jcpst · 2014-12-05 04:17:55

hello!

I am so excited about my Arch machine. I have been wanting to do this for a while. I got a windows box to learn .NET and get a job programming about a year ago. Even then I knew I eventually wanted to get off Windows. The current project I'm on requires this god-awful RAD/WAS setup. They set me up with one of their machines this week, so no more owning windows required!

As soon I logged off at the end of last week, I went to microcenter, slapped in a SSD and put Arch on it. My life has improved dramatically since then, and I'm learning a ton. Pacman and AUR are so awesome.

I started on fluxbox, but I'm digging Xfce now that I've got it set up. The proprietary software I like to use (Webstorm and Renoise) is running better than they ever did in windows.

ewaller · 2014-12-05 05:01:16

Xezlec wrote:

...gettys working on my VT102 and ADM5..

Welcome fellow old timer (I presume)
I had my VT-52 working with Arch for a while -- but my new laptop has no serial port and the VT-52 died

Xezlec · 2014-12-06 00:32:55

ewaller wrote:

Xezlec wrote:
...gettys working on my VT102 and ADM5..
Welcome fellow old timer (I presume)
I had my VT-52 working with Arch for a while -- but my new laptop has no serial port and the VT-52 died

Oh, cool! I'm only 34, really, but I have a thing for 70s/early-80s-era terminals. I have a non-working VT-52 myself, but I haven't gotten around to fixing it.

You know, you can get USB serial ports. That's what I use! I have systemd set up to start the gettys whenever I plug in the ports and stop them when I unplug them. Took some serious manpage meditation to figure out how to do that. The syntax is so weird and inconsistent. Configuring systemd feels like writing Windows batch files. -_-

alanwake · 2014-12-07 02:36:03

Hello everyone.

I am in love with linux and hope to have fun with you guys.

Wake

philotomy · 2014-12-08 05:32:38

Had a hard drive crash on my main workstation (was a Fedora system), and decided to take the opportunity to install Arch on it (have tried Arch on some other systems and liked it a lot). Pretty painless (had good backups of all my data), except I'm using the proprietary catalyst driver and GNOME, and GDM wouldn't work. I configured LXDM, instead.

spylinux · 2014-12-08 14:23:22

hello everyone, my name is oberaldo (a.k.a. spylinux).
I am PHP developer, and linux user about 6 years.
I started with the Kurumin(knoppix based), through mandrake, redhat, ubuntu, Manjaro and currently the Arch.
That's it.

Best regards!
spylinux

Luciddream · 2014-12-09 14:46:23

Hello, i've been using arch for some time now, still got a lot to learn though

Admicos · 2014-12-09 20:32:20

Hello! I've been using trying arch (Using VirtualBox) Recently (like a month ago or someting like that) I installed Ubuntu. Used it a little bit. Then. I said (to myself) "Why i don't use Arch?" and im like yea. Installed. Used it. Aaand managed to corrupt GRUB! (Congratulations to me!) And i got back to Windows (Dual Booting all the time!) After like 2-3 days. I was like "Dude Windows is slow!" And switched to Arch. Again... Whatever. I'm a (not so) noob atm... And... yea...

(Btw sorry for English mistakes if i have any.)

nomorewindows · 2014-12-09 21:11:44

Admicos wrote:

Hello! I've been using trying arch (Using VirtualBox) Recently (like a month ago or someting like that) I installed Ubuntu. Used it a little bit. Then. I said (to myself) "Why i don't use Arch?" and im like yea. Installed. Used it. Aaand managed to corrupt GRUB! (Congratulations to me!) And i got back to Windows (Dual Booting all the time!) After like 2-3 days. I was like "Dude Windows is slow!" And switched to Arch. Again... Whatever. I'm a (not so) noob atm... And... yea...

(Btw sorry for English mistakes if i have any.)

Stay with Arch! Stay with Arch!

jsoy9pQbYVNu5nfU · 2014-12-09 22:15:14

Not my first post, but now I am actually using Arch on a physical computer. I've been a Debian user for over 7 years (and still am), running Debian unstable on my other machines. Lately, I've been trolling the #! forums for a bit.

I set up Arch on my newly acquired Thinkpad laptop since I wanted bohomil's excellent infinality bundle -> \o/

Oh well, let's see where it goes.

kefan · 2014-12-10 18:52:38

Hello all!

I have been using Arch Linux since around late 2009 or early 2010 and I have loved it since. I first jumped in when I was unsatisfied with my MacBook Pro and I had difficulty getting other Linux distros to install / function properly. The problem (as I saw it, anyway) was that most distros try to set up a cookie cutter system for you that works on 90% of modern machines. So after a little searching, I found Arch. Since, I had gotten rid of the MacBook, and built up from a barebones Clevo laptop. So now I have my setup of Arch with i3wm on a screaming fast machine, and I couldn't be happier!

My main reason for not joining the forums until now is that I have been able to find pretty much all of the answers I've needed to get things working they way I want just by searching or playing around with config files. Now, I want to hopefully give back some of my own knowledge to the community in any way I can.

flip.marley · 2014-12-11 01:55:43

Greetings Arch community!

Since installing Debian onto a 386 from a stack of floppies in 2001, I've been a chronic distro hopper. I've tried all the major distros, ran Gentoo for a long time and probably still would be, but my girlfriend was complaining about how much time I spent tinkering with it.

I ran Ubuntu for a while, then Debian Jessie, but they both eventually pissed me off.

So I decided to try Arch for the first time. So far, I think it's great. pacman is pretty straight forward. the AUR took a bit of time to figure out, but now I'm installing AUR packages like nobody's business. I like having a repository with not-extremely-outdated versions of my favorite OSS. The Arch wiki and guides are very helpful. This is my first foray into the forums, but I expect that I will have a good experience here as well.

I'm not a developer and I don't have a great deal of time to contribute, but I would like to find ways to give back to the community.

Maybe I am done with distro hopping for good.

-Flip

nrwilk · 2014-12-11 06:24:47

Hi, everyone! Longtime Debian user here. I'm really excited about Arch. So far, so good!

kyawaiiv · 2014-12-12 15:42:07

hello world!

fw190 · 2014-12-12 16:33:36

Hello my name is Christopher and I hope to find a safe harbour here in the Arch community!

But first I have to solve my doubts posted here

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=190963

jimdaddy · 2014-12-14 01:40:26

Hello....

No matter what distro I try I always seem to come back to Arch...

Lately, it's been Crunchbang, Archbang, Antergos, FreeBSD, Debian, Mint Debian, and finally back to Arch. But this time I went with Mate and LightDM... on my Dell D420 garage/studio machine...

Works great...except tfor the blinking wifi LED...I forgot how to kill it. lol

anon146 · 2014-12-14 10:44:39

Hello! Finally decided to create an account. I've been using Arch for at least over a year. Maybe even 2, probably should have written it down somewhere..

Anyways I just finished fooling around with Awesome WM so hopefully new challenges are coming underway.

Trilby · 2014-12-14 12:19:42

Welcome to the forums,

anon146 wrote:

I've been using Arch for at least over a year. Maybe even 2, probably should have written it down somewhere.

If you're on the same machine, that's easy to figure out:

head -1 /var/log/pacman.log

likeit92 · 2014-12-14 15:18:09

hello everybody,

I love Arch-Linux and KDE

ulysses · 2014-12-15 05:50:54

Hey everyone,

I have been using Arch for a little while now. I was previously using Manjaro which I use on my laptop now. I've so far found Arch a great distro to establish myself on. As most people here I have been distro-hopping quite a bit as well. I initially started on Ubuntu and then moved onto many others including Debian, Slackware and Fedora. I never really felt comfortable on any of them until I discovered Manjaro. I recently tried Arch and just felt right. I enjoy the ability to configure my system to my own liking and although I have had some issues, the Arch Wiki is so comprehensive that most my questions if not all are answered there.

I am from Australia and currently studying a Bachelor of Computer Science. I really enjoy enjoy Linux and have never looked back since I gave up Windows use 4 years ago. Looking forward to my stay.

Cheers,

KablamoBoom · 2014-12-16 02:35:18

Yo yo you yo.

I'm a college student who's worked a lot with Ubuntu and network & computer tech, though my main machine runs windows because I game, and it does everything I need already (never saw it as worth the trouble to switch to a linux os). Got a new netbook that I've been downsizing to, figured it was time to dive into the deep end.

It was a mistake. Still can't get the bootloader to work after maybe four installs and extensive googling- off to the newbie forums in a bit. I know what I'm doing in terminal, and I know my way around the internet, but Arch had no frigging support network. I don't have a running Linux install, how the heck am I supposed to input the command line registration password when my problem is installing in the first place...

After laboriously transcribing from a live USB, I have no patience for how pretentious this distro can be.

akovia · 2014-12-16 03:11:00

Hello,

Longtime xubuntu user and lurker of the wiki when I was trying to work something out. Been wanting to try Arch forever but was too mired in my old system. Started having some drive crashes and other anomalies and decided I should finally go for it. Got started a couple months ago then had to suddenly move so it was a false start other than getting the UEFI booting. (Thanks #archlinux!)

Pssst! KablamoBoom...
I was given this link on the IRC channel and it was immensely helpful. https://www.happyassassin.net/2014/01/2 … work-then/

Hands down the most comprehensive linux distro documentation on the net. Hope to be here a long, long time.

Cheers

olliemath · 2014-12-16 07:30:23

Hello everyone. I've been distro swapping for a while now - and it's slowly moved me towards non-gui-based solutions where possible - so arch has looked more and more appealing. Currently have Fedora on my work laptop and have just installed Arch on my home one. Hoping to work on it slowly (in the style of, say, landscape gardening) until I have my ideal DE - at which point I may even make the transition at work

See you around!

Arch Linux

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