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Lone_Wolf · 2015-10-01 12:28:45

yes, but last time i tried that (2 years ago or so) it autologinned me to forum, something which i abhor (and consider bad security setup).

GraysonPeddie · 2015-10-01 13:18:49

Lone_Wolf wrote:

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.

Yeah, I had "automatically log me in" check, despite the fact the forum must have logged me out. Perhaps it could be a bug once I changed the password to something more stringent? I saved passwords using KeePass2 as I cannot remember every single password for every website.

It would be nice if Liquorix could provide an LTS version of their low-latency kernel, because I'd have to modify the __kernelbase and _minor variables, and rename every SHA256 (or something like that) to 'SKIP'. I did include "linux" and "linux-headers" in the IgnoreKernel list in order to keep it in 4.1 version.

dud · 2015-10-03 10:31:01

Hello.

I moved to Arch from Debian, for a few different reasons:
1) I wanted to have really fresh packages
2) pacman - my favourite package manager
3) I love minimalism and simplicity

Otherwise, I like the community with a lot of great ideas how to customize the system.

Last edited by dud (2015-10-03 10:31:21)

Ocypheum · 2015-10-03 18:10:12

Hi! I tried Arch a few years ago on my Raspberry Pi. Unfortunately, it was right before the move to systemd which caused lots of problems and being a noobie I quickly gave up.

I've been using Ubuntu almost exclusively for a couple years now but have grown tired of my OS making decisions for me and holding my hand, installing a bajillion packages, plus the overhead of fancy desktop effects, etc.

I decided it's time to give Arch another shot. So far I've had quite a few problems, mostly due to me not understanding how partitions work, but it has not dissuaded me yet!

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PrometheusBit · 2015-10-03 18:41:41

Hello!

Just installed arch few hours ago, tbh installation was pretty fun to play with and I enjoyed it, done it in a first try. So far loving it, using GNOME right now.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-10-03 21:52:43

PrometheusBit wrote:

done it in a first try

But, but...
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Welcome to Arch!

nomorewindows · 2015-10-03 22:55:50

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

PrometheusBit wrote:
done it in a first try
But, but...
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/unc … 0311142448
Welcome to Arch!

It's possible if you've used another Linux before. But to do everything your first time in Arch, probably not.

PrometheusBit · 2015-10-04 06:23:25

I've been using Linux for a month or so already, so I got pretty familiar with it, although I still don't understand a lot of things, but I'm enjoying my experience, I was avoiding Arch until someone suggested it in IRC, first of all I thought it's gonna be hard as hell, but it was quite easy, with wiki and youtube I installed it without any problems. Loving AUR and your Wiki so far.

Alad · 2015-10-04 08:25:41

Welcome. Just a fair warning - as much as I like the idea of using video to explain things - Youtube installation videos tend to offer outdated and inaccurate advice. If something is unclear about the Beginners' guide, feel free to drop a note on the discussion page.

PrometheusBit · 2015-10-04 08:31:19

Alad wrote:

Welcome. Just a fair warning - as much as I like the idea of using video to explain things - Youtube installation videos tend to offer outdated and inaccurate advice. If something is unclear about the Beginners' guide, feel free to drop a note on the discussion page.

I'm that kind of person that just enjoys visual things more than written ones, I hope that won't be a huge problem, although while solving problems I tend to use wiki first and then maybe ask some help out on IRC and I try to avoid using YouTube. Although the video that helped me install everything was really good in my opinion. Thanks.

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WireGhost · 2015-10-04 11:43:01

Hello everybody, I am using Arch since a month now and loving every bit since installation. I run into a lot of problems but thanks to the wiki which has everything covered and wonderful arch people. Looks like this is going to be an amazing adventure, lots of love.

tensai · 2015-10-04 18:00:53

Hi guys. My name is Darld and I have been using linux regularly for about 2 months. I have tried a few different builds, but I have found that Arch Linux is byfar my favorite because it runs very well on the older computers I rebuild.

I look forward to learning more about Arch Linux because I want as many options for my computers as possible. The community seems really helpful and I enjoy that there is always something new to learn here. Looking forward to working with you all.

Tounka · 2015-10-04 21:16:57

Hello from France
Very pleased with arch
Very good distrib
Rgds

betseg · 2015-10-04 21:25:42

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

betseg wrote:
Hi.
It's my first time installing Arch and I found it easy. Should I give Gentoo a try?
Hello
I recommend Linux From Scratch.
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

PrometheusBit wrote:
done it in a first try
But, but...
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/unc … 0311142448
Welcome to Arch!

y u no did dis to me

EDIT: btw i tried LFS, it panicked

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giovanifss · 2015-10-04 21:30:17

Hello everyone,

My name is Giovani, I'm studying computer science (but I'm focused in security, expecially cryptography) and started to use linux in the first months of this year. Since then, I never stopped in a distro for more than 1 month, with except of Mint that I used in the last 2 months. I decided to change because I want to know exactly what is happening in my computer and I think the best way is do for learn. So, I passed 3 weeks trying to install Arch in a "beautiful way" for me. I mean, well partitioned in hybrid storage, booting from SSD, etc (This time was because of my BIOS). I'm really happy with Arch now, subscribed to the public dev and maybe in the future I can help with something

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-10-04 21:53:25

betseg wrote:

y u no did dis to me

You asked a direct question

Well done anyway; the bootloader didn't work the first time I tried to boot my Arch system (no `grub-mkconfig`) but my LFS system booted at the first attempt

dsch · 2015-10-06 06:53:49

Hello everybody,

I switched to Arch yesterday.

I was planning to do so for some time now, but you know, it is difficult to make this decision, when you are happy with your distro.
Since, the point of this thread is not just to say "Hello!". I will write some lines explaining by background and the reasons I switched.

In the past, I was a Windows "power user". I tried some Linux distros back in the days, I remember, my first distro was RHL, back in 1999, I was still using Windows 98 SE by the time
Back then it seemed very difficult to forgo my Windows system despite the regular BSODs...

Then I tried Linux Mandrake! Oh, remember those "ads" with Tux? It was great, but still not enough to forgo Windows... It was the time, when the project "Whistler" turned in Windows XP, a great development for Windows, which solved a lot of the problems of Windows 2000 and Windows Me, it was very beautiful, too! Those window decorations... I didn't know much about Linux then, and compared to XP, they where "ugly"... Not that I choose my OS based on the looks, but still...

Then XP was "stable" and Microsoft really strong and several year past in anticipation of project "Longhorn". When it turned into Vista, I had enough!
I really started searching for alternatives, Vista was awful and linux more "mature", I think this was the point, where Microsoft lost lots of its clients for personal (home) computers.
Most of them, just stayed with XP, but I think a lot of them jumped to other OSes.

In my country (Greece) back then, Apple was just a fruit! So, I decided to go with Linux!

Ubuntu was on a spree, and not surprisingly, I went for that. Ubuntu 8.04, it was 2008!
Easy dual boot installation and everything, that was a piece of cake!

After a year or two, I was really comfortable with the OS. I learned the different philosophy of Linux as an OS, I found alternatives for most of my programs (that's was veeery frustrating, I still run Windows in VM ) ... and I switched to linux-only with Ubuntu 10.04. I was happy, the community was helpful, asking questions (most of the time, without even knowing how to describe the issue - being a newbie...) and receiving answers in a matter of minutes was really great!
My happiness lasted a year..... and then Unity was released

I didn't like it... I remember... I had a laptop back then... and... on Ubuntu 10.04 and GNOME2, battery life was 4+ hours, with Ubuntu 11.04 and Unity, it dropped to 1+ hours (due to graphics, mostly). A disaster!

Then I started looking elsewhere... and as it turned out that was good for me. Ubuntu was nice to start with, and with the Debian large package base, I've never had to compile anything... It turned out, I knew very little about Linux...

My real journey started there... I tried almost every popular Linux distro and then I moved to not so popular... and I settled at ROSA! Yes, ROSA...
I was a little emotional about it, being somehow a continuation of Mandrake, it was beautiful... very beautiful with all those KDE customizations, the package manager was better than apt, the package base was large enough and the hardware database equal to Ubuntu. The main problem? The community... Although, I speak Russian... I have a feeling, that every question is answered by 5-8 persons in their forum. It takes days or weeks to eventually get an answer... and posts are getting 500+ views and 0 answers.
It is very frustrating, when you have a problem!

Searching for solutions, 99% of the time, ended on Arch wiki and Arch forum

That, together with the fact, that I wanted a rolling-release, where my main reasons to come to Arch!

I believe Arch it the future of Linux!

So..... big "HELLO!" everybody! Thank you for reading this long (and perhaps meaningless) post!

P.S. Now, I'm gonna go and ask some questions, since 99% of my stuff worked.. but I need help with that 1%!

Sei · 2015-10-08 11:35:06

hi, person with entry-level knowledge regarding linux or anything *nix-like here, hopefully I can survive diving headlong into learning stuff about linux with arch linux

GigiAriete · 2015-10-08 14:01:31

Hi all!
I'm a new ArchLinux user (from few hours, after a hard installation ).
I'm using also Ubuntu. I'm not an expert in Linux but i'd like to become that a day..
I started to use Linux because I'd like to be indipendent from commercial software and because I can "getting my hands dirty".

Sorry for my bad english! :-/
Cheers! :-D

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egfraz · 2015-10-08 21:13:09

Hello everyone!

Just starting with Arch. I've tried Fedora and Ubuntu in the past, but I wanted to try a distro that requires a little more direct control at the command line. After getting some recommendations and additional research, I've decided to go with Arch. Planning to dual boot with Windows 8.1. Anyway, just wanted to poke my head in and say hi!

egfraz

Ghal · 2015-10-09 11:21:18

Hey guys!
I'm just a tech interested guy who got tired when I learned a lot about Windows, so I decided to give Linux a bash and I thought hell why not just pick arch, the more I have to tink the faster I will learn - and so far I love it. I've been using it for about a year, and also got a server running with it.
I'm your stereotypical nerd, without the neck-beard, and that I wear decent clothes....eh, never mind .

I hope I can get to know you a lot better, and that teach me more about linux.

All the best!

averagejoe · 2015-10-09 19:06:20

Hello everyone, i just wrote a masterpiece but once i hit submit i was logged out. so here is something shitty:

I have used arch before, with xfce. Wasn't challenging enough - now i'm trying bspwm. I like this picure:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JLkdStmKIyk/T … ng-pin.jpg

I don't agree with that mac is all that bad, but i like the windows and linux philosophy: windows is like electric razor - its comfortable and easy to use but it's far from perfect. Linux is like shaving knife - if you know what you are doing then its amazing(literally baby skin for 3 days!), if you don't know what your doing - it will bleed.

roadev · 2015-10-09 23:09:40

Hey all! I'm from Colombia.
I'm using AntergOS based on Arch a few months ago.
Awesome distro!

Trilby · 2015-10-09 23:11:24

Note that Antergos is not archlinux. So if you have questions or problems, you will need to ask on their forums, not here.

Irok · 2015-10-10 10:15:04

Hello everyone. I am from Spain so you know English is not my main languaje.

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