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DragonDrv64

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Registered: 2024-10-11

Posts: 12

Re: The Official Hello Everyone Thread

im back

yeah so i said i was returning in 2 weeks. 8 months passed lol.
hi arch again!

AalbatrossGuy

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Registered: 2025-07-07

Posts: 1

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Hellooo everyone!
Am not new here but just realised that I can make an account lol
Nice to meet y'all

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proxymonk

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Registered: 2025-07-07

Posts: 1

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Hello!, recently got into linux, making my way through distros and found arch, kept telling myself to start with the other easier to learn ones, but ultimately determined this is where i want to be instead of wasting time elsewhere

twfox

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Registered: 2025-07-07

Posts: 1

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Back after many years.

New rig, new nickname, same arch.

dirk_km

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Registered: 2022-03-17

Posts: 1

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Hello everyone,

after my initial trials with Arch Linux about 2.5 years ago, I am now returning with a more sincere commitment to practice and learn. I hold a university degree in physics, and my professional career spans over 25 years in the medical device industry. My focus is clinical evaluation, post-market surveillance, vigilance, cybersecurity and medical device development (as project manager).

In terms of technical skills in my leisure time, I have experience with C#, ASP.NET Core, and Python, while my knowledge of bash scripting is still quite limited.

It is wonderful to see such an active and supportive community here. I look forward to becoming an active participant myself once I reach a higher level of proficiency.

Best regards,
Dirk

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unixman

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Registered: 2015-03-12

Posts: 115

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my professional career spans over 25 years in the medical device industry  ...snip... medical device development

hi. Please make medical devices last for decades.
latest FSF article says (some?)manufacturers puts deadline timer to their devices.

put your weight on the subject.
defend commonwealth.

schard

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From: Hannover

Registered: 2016-05-06

Posts: 2,308

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Mod note: Merging the two previous posts into The Official Hello Everyone Thread.

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salameboy

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Registered: 2025-07-08

Posts: 1

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Hi!
Long time linux user trying to get involved in the arch community :-)
Saludos desde Uruguay!

tuttermouse

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Registered: 2025-07-03

Posts: 1

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Hello everyone! I've been daily driving EndeavourOS for months now, and I've finally got into playing with just Arch and am having a lot of fun :)

ddkman

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Registered: 2025-07-14

Posts: 1

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Whats up everyone, I've heard the benefits of Linux and Arch gives a ridiculous amount of customization. So here we are, forgive me in advance for any stupid questions. I'll read as much as i can before asking for help.

Last edited by ddkman (2025-07-14 01:58:11)

close2zero

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Registered: 2025-07-14

Posts: 1

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Hi there everybody

I am a man in my late forties coming back after many years away from computers, and Arch Linux. It is good to be back behind a computer again. But the most important part: It is running purely on Arch Linux, and Arch Linux alone, No VM or dual boot with other system(s). I am only using computers as hobby. My way to into the Linux world was a long and troublesome. I had no experience or education to set me on this path. I was an ordinary Windows user until Windows Vista OEM was preinstalled on a laptop i bought. My disappointment is hard to explain. I did not even use Windows XP until Service Pack 2 came. Before that I used Windows 95, 98 and 2000 Pro. Like I've mentioned: When Vista came, I gave up on Microsoft. I had my computers. So change to Mac an OS X was not an option. Then Linux was the only option I could find. Back then Linux was hard to wrap my head around. And it took me many years just to learn the basics of it.

Skipping forward in time: My way into The Arch Way came after using CrunchBang Linux, where I became familiar with Sector11. He was also an Arch Linux user and moderator. It triggered my curiosity. I struggled for å long time before I was able to install and set up a user environment I was comfortable with. The GUI I was familiar with was from CrunchBang Linux. I used both systems for a while. But then CrunchBang Linux became depricaded: It was no longer. From that point in time I have tried other systems, but only after a short time, always came back to Arch Linux. I still use a very simple setup. And the GUI is only xorg-server and xorg-xinit. Running X11 with openbox, tint2 and conky (a tribute to CrunchBang). But it still works. And here is some of the reasons for sticking with Arch Linux: I often use older computers. To have a minimalistic setup that does not use more resources than necessary is possible thanks to Arch Linux.

This is the  Newbie Corner - The Official Hello Everyone Thread. I will probably always be a NooB. But I will like to say thank you to all the contributors. You've folks have made it possible for me to find and use a system that suits me. Thank you all for that gift. It's priceless!!

AsfhtgkDavid

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From: Ukraine, Europe

Registered: 2025-07-17

Posts: 8

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Hi,
I used mint for year. One week ago I installed Arch

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altamura

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Registered: 2025-07-23

Posts: 1

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Arch!

GlassMoon

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Registered: 2025-07-24

Posts: 1

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Hi everyone. I'm moving from Linux Mint to Arch because I am very interested in the idea of a minimal distribution and becoming more intimate and familiar with the way my system works at a deeper level. I will be sure to make thorough use of the wiki and forum. Eventually I'm sure I'll have to ask questions, but I will do my best to make them worthy of the time so many knowledgeable users put into helping beginners like me. Thanks in advance!

ylid

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Registered: 2025-07-25

Posts: 2

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Hello everyone!

For about two years I have been using Arch on my laptop - Asus Vivibok (17x M3704YA) and despite checking other distributions at QEMM/KVM, the Arch always convinced me 100%. Clean, without unnecessary packages, I have what I want, and most importantly - there are always descriptions and documentation on Wiki. I had a problem with the printer - it was enough to read on the forum and on Wiki - after the problem. I had a problem with WiFi - the same, forum and wiki - the problem disappeared. After two years, I see that Windows only makes sense in the context of some games, some programs, the rest can be done at some Linux distribution. For example, on Arch-Linux.
At work, however, I have two systems - the main one is Debian 12, and the auxiliary is win11.

Either way - I am a very, very, very happy user of the Arch -Linux distribution - also thanks to you, the community of this forum, all who create documentation in Wiki, and very numerous authors ready and very helpful solutions with AUR. Thank you very much.

Last edited by ylid (2025-07-25 10:05:45)

netEEd

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Registered: 2025-07-25

Posts: 1

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Hello to everyone, my future friends :)
I'm starting my first Arch installation in a few days, and I admit I can't wait. Like many others, I'm here because I enjoy learning how to manually configure an OS and understand the system as a whole.
I've read the wiki and studied enough (but probably never enough), so I've signed up here on the forum in case I need any specific advice or help from the community.
Thanks everyone in advance.

The_Dan_Metheny_Show

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Registered: 2025-07-26

Posts: 3

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Hello I'm Dan I have a show on youtube called the Dan Metheny Show hence the name. I am on a relearning journey right now with all this but I'm having fun and I used archinstall to install arch this time since I only require a basic layout anyway. I liked that thru that installation process that I could still do a minimal install freshening up on understanding instructions tech wise and thanks for the welcome I appreciate it.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 13,994

Re: The Official Hello Everyone Thread

Moderator Note :

Merged from separate thread titled 'Learning all over'

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Try clean chroot manager by graysky

11-Inch-Subpoena

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Registered: 2024-09-04

Posts: 8

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Hi, hello. I used Arch about a year ago (manually installed) and found the work of keeping it up to date on three laptops and a desktop to be a bit of a challenge, particularly when I rarely used those devices. Recently I decided that I should only run Arch on one computer, so I installed it on my MacBook Air. I joined the forum because I have a specific thing I'm trying to accomplish that I can't remember how to do from my previous time with Arch.

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DissoWharf

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Registered: 2025-07-27

Posts: 1

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Hey everyone, finally switched over.  I was aware of linux/arch for many years but finally decided to make the change.  So excited to a part of this community.