Arch Linux

Lugz

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Registered: 2007-02-07

Posts: 27

Hello

Hello, Im new to arch, ive used uBuntu before, and i recently have been using fedora core 6. Ive had some trouble with fedora core so im looking for a distro that i control. I want to have a simple distro that doesnt come loaded with crap. Im also a software developer(or trying to be one ). The only reason i still have windows is for gaming which i tend to not do so much anymore. Arch looks like a very good distrobution and ive heard many great things about it. After I install i will be posting again , hopefully no problems will occur.

xabbott

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From: orlando, fl

Registered: 2007-01-11

Posts: 56

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Re: Hello

Good luck. Read the Wiki!

mutlu_inek

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From: all over the place

Registered: 2006-11-18

Posts: 686

Re: Hello

Welcome to the Arch community. I hope you enjoy this distribution. I am not using it for very long yet, but I simply love it.

jb

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From: Florida

Registered: 2006-06-22

Posts: 466

Re: Hello

You have window$ installed??!! OMG WTF... LOL??

I think I just got on my own nerves writing that line.
I've been around here for about 4 years, with the only system instability introduced by either myself during cataclysmic moments of poor judgement or a dust blanket collecting on my CPU... oh and ndiswrapper locking my laptop whenever I used it in a specific building at my university.  That was a strange time.  Application updates are much less troublesome than fedora.  Although the only time I used fedora (core 2, maybe?) I broke it to a ridiculous amount just trying to update the system so I'm probably not the best person to compare the systems.

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iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Hello

You'll find Arch to be what you make of it. Only your skills as a linux user limit what is possible...

billy

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From: Slovenia

Registered: 2006-09-13

Posts: 164

Re: Hello

the biggest change when i came from fedora core 5 to arch was the package manager. here i don't have any dependency finding problems like yum often had and pacman is just lighting fast . in (very) short time i learned how to edit rc.conf to change my system initialization and write PKGBUILDs to build my own packages (there is almost no coding here, it feels like just giving a description of the package ) and much much more. with arch you install what you need, not uninstall what you don't need, so your system isn't bloated (except if you want it to be ). at first i missed the GUI's but found out that editing text files is in most cases faster. and the best thing with arch is that i'm feeling in control of a system . oh and i almost forgot, the community here is just great!

Crooksey

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From: UK ~

Registered: 2006-08-14

Posts: 415

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Re: Hello

You'll find Arch to be what you make of it. Only your skills as a linux user limit what is possible...

Thats the best discription of Arch I have ever read, and the most accurate

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Arch Linux since 2006
Python Web Developer + Sys Admin (Gentoo/BSD)

Lugz

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Registered: 2007-02-07

Posts: 27

Re: Hello

Well i setup my partition for 1gb swap and 18g for Arch. I set the mount points and then i selected the packages. While installing the packages from cd i got an error from the package. Should i try installing through ftp? Im going to reburn the cd also. Also can someone point me in the direction of an installation guide for arch? Sorry I am at school and I dont have much time to look right now.
-Aaron

billy

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From: Slovenia

Registered: 2006-09-13

Posts: 164

Re: Hello

here it is: http://www.archlinux.org/static/docs/ar … guide.html

Lugz

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Registered: 2007-02-07

Posts: 27

Re: Hello

Thanks billy, im now at home so I hope that im not too stupid to figure this out.

billy

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From: Slovenia

Registered: 2006-09-13

Posts: 164

Re: Hello

oh and this could help too: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide

Lugz

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Registered: 2007-02-07

Posts: 27

Re: Hello

Alright, I just got done configuring the disks, configuring the packages, installing the packages, installing the kernel, and installing the bootloader. I can dual boot windows and linux so that is a good thing. Now once i boot into linux there is obviously no desktop environments installed. I have just a command shell. Im going to read the beginners guide to see what to do next, but im so happy that i actually got it on my system with winbloze and arch together.

P.S. I had trouble with the packages on the CD so i just installed from FTP. Went alot smoother. Maybe my cd burner sucks or the disc sucked. Oh well.

Last edited by Lugz (2007-02-07 22:19:49)

Lugz

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Registered: 2007-02-07

Posts: 27

Re: Hello

Heres an update, I just printed out the parts of the beginner guide that i need so now im going to hopefully doing everything correctly otherwise you will see me post something or see me on irc. If everything works then i will post. This beginners guide is full of nice info, thanks to whoever made it.