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macstar

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Registered: 2010-07-31

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Re: The Official Hello Everyone Thread

yep the machine indeed! i was accused of shitposting yesterday. i hope that makes it a bit easier for you.

olegabrielz

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From: Norway

Registered: 2015-12-23

Posts: 255

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You won't believe how many people who are coming here with a bad attitude on an arch-based distro. Now they all live in the dustbin. To see one actually turn around and say I'm sorry. That is a rare event. Respect!!

Welcome to the community przhevalskoye

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WorMzy

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 12,515

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Hi przhevalskoye, it seems you were under some misconceptions when you installed Arch Anywhere over Arch proper. It's good that you overcame these and challenged yourself to install Arch.

Mod note: merging with the hello topic.

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userak

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Registered: 2017-02-04

Posts: 42

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Namaste ( Hi ! )  Guys 

I'm from India.

This is the very first time I'm using any linux. After going through many articles online I was confused wheather to go for ubuntu as a beginer or go with building my own system. Than I decided to go for  Arch, thinking it will be fun to learn. After reading articles for a week, I went for arch installation ( with full disk encryption). And then there was this installation error , tried looking for online help but couldn't find any. Then I came to this forum and tried registering not to mention thanks for the captcha .  Finally I have installed the arch linux.

Love this forum ...   looking forward to learn a lot more.

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hilltownboy

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From: Massachusetts

Registered: 2013-08-15

Posts: 100

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At age 91 and with no computer science training, I have happily been using ARCH (with Openbox) for 3 1/2 years on a rather ancient HPCompaq laptop.  This was only possible because of the highly logical instructions covering many aspects and because of initial help from this great forum.  Despite a suggestion from Trilby that I was not sufficiently competent, it has worked out well anyway.  Couldn't be more delighted with everything ARCH.
Like some above, I also use Debian stable (with Openbox) -- mainly for essential business records and email.  Gave up on Windows years ago.

Tea Lover

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Registered: 2017-02-19

Posts: 3

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@Trilby, I prefer green tea, especially sencha and gunpowder.
@Texbrew, I pretty like arabica coffee.

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Texbrew

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From: The Lone Star State

Registered: 2016-02-09

Posts: 580

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At age 91 and with no computer science training...

I tip my hat to you, sir. I mean that with great respect. May we both continue to enjoy Arch and Debian for many years to come.

To the several new forum members, welcome aboard.

@Tea Lover, I air-clink my cuppa-joe in your direction. Cheers!

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,293

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hilltownboy,  There are a couple 91 year-olds here now.  My hat is off to the both of you of whom I am aware

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Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,662

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@Trilby, I prefer green tea, especially sencha and gunpowder..

The question is, what was the monkey doing in that tree in the first place?

EDIT: Forget I asked. The answer is: Awebb forgot ALL the Kanji.
EDIT: Forget I told you to forget I asked. Turns out Awebb still knows SOME Kanji.

Last edited by Awebb (2017-02-21 17:16:17)

fredg

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From: Lyon, France

Registered: 2017-02-20

Posts: 1

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Hi,

I am a very long time Slackware and OpenBSD user.
I have decided to give arch a try and have installed it on my main laptop since some days (/home and /swap luks crypted).
KDE Plasma is running without any issues and I am having fun learning this new OS

Cheers.

Tea Lover

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Registered: 2017-02-19

Posts: 3

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@Awebb, gathering tea for me, wasn`t it? Here`s the proverb.

@Texbrew, cheers!

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Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Despite a suggestion from Trilby that I was not sufficiently competent, it has worked out well anyway.  Couldn't be more delighted with everything ARCH.

I'm happy to be proven wrong.  I had to look through some post history for this - and I certainly did one time make that suggestion*, but not in a demeaning way, simply a matter of fact: you've had more than your fair share of struggles getting your arch system together, and while I'm happy to see people overcome challenges, it is practical to sometimes suggest they take on a more bite-sized challenges first and build up to their intended goal.

(* I've more frequently expressed doubt about whether you actually had an archlinux install vs a derivative / off-shoot like archbang).

I would never have guessed your age as it is.  I can only hope that I am half as skilled with the technology of the day when I am your age - hell, I'd even hope just to live to be your age.  That (the former skill) can be taken as a sincere compliment.  However, on the flip side, while I do value the notion of respecting ones elders, I also believe that holding one to comparable standards as everyone else in an online forum is a form of respect.  And so I may still pester you about things in your posts that don't add up

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XiVi

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Registered: 2017-02-22

Posts: 1

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Hello Every1

Im XiVi

Happy2beHere :DD

Alberto-Trujillo

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From: Poole, Dorset, UK

Registered: 2017-02-21

Posts: 66

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Hi,
I'm new to Linux and Arch. I have Arch installed on three laptops and I'm impressed how well they go despite being old.
It's true that it takes some time to get the system set up, but I like the experience.
See you around
Alberto (excuse my English please)

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olegabrielz

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From: Norway

Registered: 2015-12-23

Posts: 255

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Welcome Alberto-Trujillo

No worries. Your english seems just fine.

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ertuzio

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Registered: 2017-02-23

Posts: 1

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Hello everyone I just registered on this Forum because I have heard that Arch Linux is the most customizable Linux distro?

Alberto-Trujillo

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From: Poole, Dorset, UK

Registered: 2017-02-21

Posts: 66

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Welcome Ertuzio; And thank you Olegabrielz for your words of welcome.

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runical

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From: The Netherlands

Registered: 2012-03-03

Posts: 896

Re: The Official Hello Everyone Thread

Welcome all!

ertuzio, I think that Gentoo or another source based distro will take that title, but it is pretty close

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r0b3rt

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Registered: 2017-02-24

Posts: 19

Re: The Official Hello Everyone Thread

Hi there

    I want to try this OS in past I was using some time other distributions but not for a long time. I think I will be bothering some more experienced users.
I hope I get some help from you in beginning of using Arch. Thanks in advance.

Texbrew

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From: The Lone Star State

Registered: 2016-02-09

Posts: 580

Re: The Official Hello Everyone Thread

Hi,
I'm new to Linux and Arch. I have Arch installed on three laptops and I'm impressed how well they go despite being old.

Hi, Albert and welcome to the forums. When I first started using Arch, I installed it in VirtualBox on a laptop. A couple of laptops, really. It worked so well that I installed it on an old PC that had a decent CPU speed but only 1Gb RAM. For the PC, I chose the OpenBox desktop which is pretty light weight. The speed improvement at start up was so good that I was encouraged to install it on "bare metal" on a laptop, no virtual machine.

You are right. Arch shines on old machines (and on newer ones), but I think it depends on which desktop you choose. Arch forces you to choose what to install, unlike other popular linux distros, which come with a lot of stuff you may never use. Loading all that extra stuff slows down start up times.

(excuse my English please)

Your English seems fine, probably better than mine, and it's the only language I speak.

Enjoy your Arch Linux laptop!

Texbrew

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From: The Lone Star State

Registered: 2016-02-09

Posts: 580

Re: The Official Hello Everyone Thread

Hi there

    I want to try this OS in past I was using some time other distributions but not for a long time. I think I will be bothering some more experienced users.
I hope I get some help from you in beginning of using Arch. Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the forums, r0b3rt. I looked for your other post, and I'm sorry I can't help you with that because I don't use KDE. Anyone who can help you will probably ask you for a lot more info about your setup.

Cheers!

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Your English seems fine, probably better than mine, and it's the only language I speak.

I thought you spoke Texan

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Texbrew

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From: The Lone Star State

Registered: 2016-02-09

Posts: 580

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Your English seems fine, probably better than mine, and it's the only language I speak.

I thought you spoke Texan

EXACTLY! I shoulda done 'splained that to Albert, huh?

Kryzen

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Registered: 2017-02-22

Posts: 6

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Hey guys. I'm Robert, I'm 20 years old and I live in the Netherlands. Some time ago a friend of mine recommended Arch to me (before that I used Ubuntu). It took about a month to finally get it installed (bye Windows ), but wow, it's worth it!

Although this probably goes without saying: Arch is beautiful. It's fast. It's reliable. Customizing Arch is awesome, because unlike Ubuntu, Arch allows you to do whatever you want. But even better: I finally have a reason to brag, hehe.

Texbrew

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From: The Lone Star State

Registered: 2016-02-09

Posts: 580

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Hi Robert, Welcome Aboard. Arch is a little like LEGOs. Somebody - a lot of somebodies - made all the pieces for you to assemble any way you want. Complex or simple. I like my Arches simple and fast.

Have fun!