Arch Linux

phdigit

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Registered: 2007-08-06

Posts: 2

Very Nice...

Heh, heh... I'm enjoying this ! Arch is like Gentoo - but with soul.
Haven't had so much fun with Linux for a long time ! The pre-packaged,
supermarket distros are all very well but... they lack character. Arch is
Bart Simpson and Linus rolled into one !

Congratulations to the developers and community.

P.

scarney

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From: Wisconsin, US

Registered: 2006-07-11

Posts: 173

Re: Very Nice...

welcome to the community!. 8)

Misfit138

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From: USA

Registered: 2006-11-27

Posts: 4,189

Re: Very Nice...

Welcome to the greatest distro with the best community and most hands-on developers.

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veek

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Registered: 2006-03-10

Posts: 167

Re: Very Nice...

Welcome to the greatest distro with the best community and most hands-on developers.

Don't forget most humble!

Cogar

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Registered: 2007-07-22

Posts: 43

Re: Very Nice...

. . . .Haven't had so much fun with Linux for a long time ! . . . .

I agree. Arch is a great combination of cutting edge, control, functionality, speed, and is adaptable to a wide variety of hardware. Make changes and it performs as expected--what a concept.

Welcome to the community.

itbhp

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From: Italy - Abruzzo - Sulmona

Registered: 2007-04-30

Posts: 13

Re: Very Nice...

Arch has a very simple configuration way and a powerful packages management system.
Those things are all I need.

Last edited by itbhp (2007-08-08 07:10:14)

mridc

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Registered: 2007-08-08

Posts: 21

Re: Very Nice...

I've switched from Gentoo to Arch yesterday as well. Although I disagree on the "fun" part here. I've had a lot of fun with Gentoo, but seeing how semester starts again soon, I need the notebook to be operational, so I can work with the computer instead of breaking it over and over again.

Note that I'm still kind of a super-newbie to *nix systems. Worked with DOS/Windows for all my life, and only recently decided that I wanted more from a system that Windows allowed me to do. Everyone kept suggesting Ubuntu, so I've tried that. Found it to be more of a "free Windows" than something I really wanted. Because Gentoo had customizability written all over its site, I've decided to give Gentoo a shot. Well, that and the fact that everyone went "Oh no, you really shouldn't install Gentoo, this is way too complicated".
Installed it, got a (more or less) running system and tried pushing it to the limits of my Linux capabilities (which are - to be honest - as minimal as they can be ). Fiddled around with Gentoo for around 2 months and I loved it.
After breaking my system for the ump-teenth time and complaining about the n-th re-emerge of application X, someone recommended Arch to me, which he labelled "basically like Gentoo, but with a binary option". Installed Arch, tried to use it like Gentoo and hated it. Went with Gentoo for another 2 weeks, and - after breaking the system again (silly me) - "accidentally" grabbed the Arch CD instead of my Gentoo stage 4.

Installed Arch, made sure to read the wiki this time around, and oh well, here I am. The more I use Arch, the more I'm getting to love it. It's just as fast as Gentoo, and I've found it to be highly configurable as well. I think I've found the distribution I can not only use to play with, but also to actually work with

Misfit138

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From: USA

Registered: 2006-11-27

Posts: 4,189

Re: Very Nice...

Welcome to the greatest distro with the best community and most hands-on developers.

Don't forget most humble!

Who's humble? The community or the developers?

Last edited by Misfit138 (2007-08-08 21:06:46)

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