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itsmeh

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Registered: 2009-03-13

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Arch linux install and setup questions

Personally it seems a bit to cumbersome to have to setup xorg etc and is proving to be difficult in getting it to work right. Do they have any arch forks that just auto detect the xorg settings like some of the other distros?

I can't see myself having to setup several of these boxes and doing these install steps one at a time for each one.

It would seem arch could just run a script once installed that would auto sync, download xorg, and setup xorg at the same time.

it would be no different that following each step in the wiki by hand, just via script

SamC

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Registered: 2008-05-13

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Re: Arch linux install and setup questions

I see you're new here... Perhaps reading this would make for a good explanation?

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Re: Arch linux install and setup questions

The point of Arch is you set up the stuff yourself... I trust you have consulted the Xorg guide in the wiki?

You might want to try Chakra, but imho that's not the point of Arch. But still... People buy SUVs too only to never drive them off-road .

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itsmeh

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Registered: 2009-03-13

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Re: Arch linux install and setup questions

Well you have the harddrive auto prepare and hwd for convenience, so i see no reason to not have other little "gems" for convenience

Last edited by itsmeh (2009-05-08 02:06:58)

hokasch

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Registered: 2007-09-23

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Re: Arch linux install and setup questions

it would be no different that following each step in the wiki by hand, just via script

true! you should definitely give it a try! please post it under user contributions, so everyone can enjoy it.

itsmeh

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Registered: 2009-03-13

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Re: Arch linux install and setup questions

Yup it was just an idea , sure people can still do it manual but maybe have something built in to at least take care of the first few steps that most users are going to use, which is sync, xorg install, then have an option to install fluxbox, xfce4, gnome, kde, etc or none , just more configuration options i think would be better

sjovan

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Registered: 2009-04-24

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Re: Arch linux install and setup questions

Yup it was just an idea , sure people can still do it manual but maybe have something built in to at least take care of the first few steps that most users are going to use

That's the whole point with arch. It's all up to you. Arch doesn't suggest anything for you (exept what you need to get a working linux enviroment).

This is the reason i installed arch. I wanted control over my inviromet and learn more about what's under the hood.