The Official Hello Everyone Thread

wma · 2015-09-17 22:22:11

Hello from Buenos Aires, Argentina!

You'll see me around asking some questions. I hope to be able to contribute soon, as well!

GT_Ice_Cream · 2015-09-18 06:27:33

Hi guys!

I've been using Linux on and off for years but I decided I wanted to give it a proper go and actually become proficient with it. I used Mint and OpenSuse but I found that with the easier Distros I just went back to my usual Windows way of thinking and didn't really progress much. I decided to put Arch on my everyday laptop hoping that it would force me to actually get involved in what makes Linux tick. The install went perfectly thanks to the Wiki. I've got a few small things that are irritating me right now but I'm sure I'll get the better of the soon!

Ceh · 2015-09-18 13:18:40

Hey guys. After trying several Linux distros I decided to install Arch Linux on my laptop. So far I like it.

drcouzelis · 2015-09-18 13:47:13

GT_Ice_Cream wrote:

I found that with the easier Distros I just went back to my usual Windows way of thinking and didn't really progress much.

You know you're an Arch Linux user when you think, "Gosh darn it, I just can't stand how easy my computer is to use".

VanillaFunk · 2015-09-18 15:16:19

drcouzelis wrote:

GT_Ice_Cream wrote:
I found that with the easier Distros I just went back to my usual Windows way of thinking and didn't really progress much.
You know you're an Arch Linux user when you think, "Gosh darn it, I just can't stand how easy my computer is to use".

yea i constantly find myself changing stuff and going further down the rabbit hole of customization

GT_Ice_Cream · 2015-09-18 22:49:10

Yeah I've been tweaking this thing for two days, it just keeps getting better.

drcouzelis wrote:

GT_Ice_Cream wrote:
I found that with the easier Distros I just went back to my usual Windows way of thinking and didn't really progress much.
You know you're an Arch Linux user when you think, "Gosh darn it, I just can't stand how easy my computer is to use".

I've probably learned more about using Linux in these two days than I did in a month of using the "easier" ones. I'm an I.T. Specialist by profession but I work on Windows environments, from server to desktop but we don't get much Linux exposure, in fact only one client has a Linux box and he has someone else that maintains it. I'm basically trying to teach myself Linux the way I taught myself the other stuff.

password · 2015-09-20 17:14:17

Hi! Arch is cool!

Jorre · 2015-09-21 07:15:33

After playing around with a couple of disto's I decided to give Arch a try because I like the idea of having a rolling distro. I really like Pacman and AUR it works very well.
So far I like it!

Vividal · 2015-09-22 11:12:09

Hi @all,

I'm quite familiar with Linux, but new to Arch. Before switching to Arch, Debian and Backtrack aka Kali was my choice. While Debian is still running on my servers, I wanted to work on a bleeding-edge distribution and possibly also contribute to it.

Best regards!

mikuszefski · 2015-09-22 12:11:35

Hi,
after my career of Atari -> Mac -> Windows (2k, xp ) I eventually came to linux. Playing with (X,L)Ubuntu derivatives and #! I wanted a new challenge. Almost failed on the test question upon registration...not such a good sign...so let's see

Cheers!

Soulcross · 2015-09-22 13:44:31

Hello everyone!,
I'm using Arch for 2 months, I realy like a lot the philosophy this distro, making the users learn more and more, of course with the help of the great archwiki and the community.
I'm new on Linux, start on this year with ubuntu (I don't know ... April ??). And I'm liking a lot that.
My name is Igor, and I'm from Brasil( so ... sory if i do a lot of grammar mistakes)

jcjordyn120 · 2015-09-24 01:42:21

hello,welcome to arch linux.

bokiscout · 2015-09-27 16:09:07

Hi,

I was using *buntu for about two years but I always adore the rolling release model mainly because I hate reinstalling my OS. After an year long journey with Manjaro I'm here where the roots are.

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Atsuri · 2015-09-27 18:40:33

Hello everyone,

I'm not exactly a new user, but I haven't registered on the forums yet. I've wandered through the world of Linux covering almost all modern distributions and each time I come back to the very cradle of Linux - Arch. I promise I will try to contribute, with both advice and code, once I get my Python skills up!

opack · 2015-09-28 00:07:50

Hi everyone! long-time gentoo user checking in. new to Arch and totally digging it so far.

ewaller · 2015-09-28 00:11:22

opack wrote:

Hi everyone! long-time gentoo user checking in. new to Arch and totally digging it so far.

Ah, welcome fellow convert from the penultimate distribution. I still love Gentoo, but Arch is my home.

Gazetteer · 2015-09-29 17:22:32

Hello everyone. I’m Gaze. I spend one year using manjaro and I decided to install Arch on my laptop. I hope to learn a lot and share my knowledge too. Sorry for my bad English! See you.

Cigano · 2015-09-30 03:21:04

Hello from Brazil, my name is Adriano and I really fall in love with Arch Linux. I just started a group called "Arch Linux Sergipe" to unite people who uses Arch here in Sergipe, Brazil.

GraysonPeddie · 2015-09-30 20:30:28

(Ugh... My text for my post got lost when I preview my post and the forum told me I do not have permission to preview my post! WHAT!? Ugh... I'll just keep it sweet and short. I wanted to show my desktop and talk about what I like about Unity (global menu and hud) and that it would be nice if Unity could become an extension to GNOME, but I've decided not to, as I became lost in thought before this "you do not have permission to access this page" happened. Shoot! Why haven't I copied the text before I preview my post?)

Hi, everyone. My name is Grayson Peddie and I'm from Altha, FL. (*sigh* What else did I typed...?) I'm not new to Arch Linux, but I had to register to ask about why catalyst-hook requires linux-lts and linux-lts-headers packages, so I'm unsure which forum should I post in.

I've been Windows-free for three years and I enjoyed it.

kgtuning · 2015-10-01 03:06:28

Hello, first post here. A friend mentioned Arch a few weeks back so I decided to give it a try. This is my first real attempt at using Linux. I come from Windows. Yikes what a learning curve! But I got Arch up and running. Seems this forum has a vast amount of information, glad to be part of it.

Crispy24 · 2015-10-01 03:29:18

kgtuning wrote:

[...]Seems this forum has a vast amount of information, glad to be part of it.

Yeah, and our wiki is very resourceful, too! Welcome to Arch; I hope you enjoy the experience!

esonn · 2015-10-01 08:16:04

Hey guys, I'm Erik. I'm almost solely on Linux for 15 years now, but I have to confess I didn't do any serious distro-hopping for like 7-8 years, basically since Ubuntu/Mint/etc became popular. Since, over the course of the years so many aspects of Ubuntu started to really, really annoy me I finally decided to take a broader look at what's on the market. In effect, I downloaded and tried basically all the top 10 from distrowatch, as well as some notable others (eg. I used Gentoo around 2002-2005 or so, so I gave it another shot).

Now I feel rather ashamed I didn't give Arch a try long ago. Seriously, Arch seems to be the single most perfect distro for professional power users - I highly appreciate all your work, from the core team to AUR, from documentation to distribution philosophy, from system design to flexibility.

Rest assured, I'll bring Arch to all of my future students (I hold a professorship in CS). So, in highest appreciation, thanks for this great distribution!

Derphy · 2015-10-01 09:08:10

Hey!
I've been using Arch for about 6 months and Linux in general for about a year. For whatever reason, I decided to buy a laptop that came preloaded with Linux from Think Penguin, mostly just based on what I had heard from Linux ideals and stuff. Coupled with a bad taste left over from years of Windows and a general dislike of Apple products. I started off with Mint, but some bugs regarding my battery display and other little things made me decide to jump around a bit. I kept hearing about Arch and it sounded really awesome but kind of hard. But after going through a few distros, I decided to just try it out, and even the installation wasn't too difficult. I actually had much more problems messing around on Bodhi. The Beginners Guide was pretty much perfect. Still, I opted to dual boot. At first, in case I just didn't actually like Arch. I also don't have internet access at work but typically have loads of free time. So sometimes I have some things to do and no way to install the things needed to do them at the time, so I'll just boot into Mint and worry about figuring out how to do whatever on Arch after I get home. But I like that aspect of Arch, it's a good feeling to solve a problem.
I've read things on the forum quite a bit, but never felt like joining. Until now, since I actually have a problem that I can't seem to find the answer to elsewhere. I'll make a thread about that soon. Pretty much, I can't boot into Arch, so I've been stuck using Mint again the past few days and it's just bothering me. If I can't get this fixed, I might just reinstall arch and start from scratch, all my important things are both on another partition and an external hard drive. I don't think I can handle another day of using Mint, it just doesn't feel right. Arch just seems like the be-all end-all of distros.

Lone_Wolf · 2015-10-01 11:58:08

GraysonPeddie wrote:

(Ugh... My text for my post got lost when I preview my post and the forum told me I do not have permission to preview my post! WHAT!? Ugh... I'll just keep it sweet and short. I wanted to show my desktop and talk about what I like about Unity (global menu and hud) and that it would be nice if Unity could become an extension to GNOME, but I've decided not to, as I became lost in thought before this "you do not have permission to access this page" happened. Shoot! Why haven't I copied the text before I preview my post?)
Hi, everyone. My name is Grayson Peddie and I'm from Altha, FL. (*sigh* What else did I typed...?) I'm not new to Arch Linux, but I had to register to ask about why catalyst-hook requires linux-lts and linux-lts-headers packages, so I'm unsure which forum should I post in.
I've been Windows-free for three years and I enjoyed it.

Welcome to the forum, Grayson.

I don't think you'll need a thread to answer that question, there's a comment about it on catalyst-hook aur page.
basically latest catalyst version is broken on kernel 4.2 , but does work with kernel 4.1.x .
linux-lts is currently at 4.1.8+ , so does work with catalyst.

"you do not have permission to access this page"
After a period (less then 5 minutes) of "inactivity" , forum logs you out automatically.
I've installed firefox ReloadEvery addon, and have atleast 2 tabs open for forum.
one is pointed at index and set to reload every minute, the other is where i read/reply.

WorMzy · 2015-10-01 12:01:59

Lone_Wolf wrote:

"you do not have permission to access this page"
After a period (less then 5 minutes) of "inactivity" , forum logs you out automatically.
I've installed firefox ReloadEvery addon, and have atleast 2 tabs open for forum.
one is pointed at index and set to reload every minute, the other is where i read/reply.

You do know about the checkbox to remain logged in, right?

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