Arch Linux

Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

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Re: I'm gonna get flamed but...

Yes I would have to agree with that ....(my fourth!)

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Mr Green

bluePoet

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From: Düsseldorf, Germany

Registered: 2006-01-09

Posts: 38

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Re: I'm gonna get flamed but...

I started with Redhat back in 2001 and made my way along with Suse, Fedora, Mandrake, don't know, maybe that experience made me appreciate Arch that much. But if he's willing to try and learn, i would give Arch the first shot, with someone who gives you advise if needed its a good start, I think. Otherwise I would start with Ubuntu.

sweiss

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Registered: 2004-02-16

Posts: 635

Re: I'm gonna get flamed but...

I certainly wouldn't recommend Arch to a complete Linux newbie, I'd even be careful recommending it to an average Fedora user.

Arch is rather advance. When you are trying to get something rather advanced to work, you simply don't know what to do. You can get it to work, but you learn performing a sequence like a robot, rather than understanding the point of your actions.

Like a good old Hebrew saying:
"If you learn a lot, you will not learn a thing."

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deficite

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From: Augusta, GA

Registered: 2005-06-02

Posts: 693

Re: I'm gonna get flamed but...

When I was starting out Linux frustrated me. That was while I was using some of those n00b distros (I used Mandrake and then Red Hat). I fell in love with *nix when I started using FreeBSD (thought to be kinda advanced by many people) simply because I felt it made more sense. Arch brought me back to the Linux world? Why do I tell this story? I would not use *nix if I wasn't exposed to some real distros like Arch. It might take a little more work to get up to snuff with Arch, but it is DEFINITELY worth it, at least for people like me. If anything, you can slip your friend a copy of Archie or something.