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#1 2007-09-09 01:32:58

Warren Watts
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Registered: 2007-09-09
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Just want to introduce myself...

Greetings! I just wanted to post and say hello, so "Hello!" I am a newbie to Archlinux, and a relative newbie to Linux (four months or so).  Like many others, I am a Windows convert. 

My interest in Linux started when I installed Ubuntu 7.04 on one of my PC's about four months ago, and it wasn't long before I abandoned Windows completely in favor of Open Source.  I now have three PC's running Linux; Two Ubuntu boxes and one PC with Wolvix Cub and (now) Archlinux.

I downloaded and burnt an Archlinux ISO thinking it was a Live CD, only to discover to my dismay I not only had to install it by hand, but I had to LEARN something too!  As first I was reluctant to try, but after reading thru the Beginner's Guide on the Wiki, and reading up on Arch in various Linux forums, I decided to give it a try.

Two and a half hours later, here I am, typing this in Firefox on my new Archlinux install running Xfce.  It was easy!  Thanks for the excellent resources everyone; I am looking forward to many hours tweaking my install to make it do just what I want.  :-)


Dual Boot: Arch Linux/Wolvix Cub - 700 MHz AMD Duron - 256MB RAM - 10GB Hard Drive - 8MB AGP
             Ubuntu 7.04 - 450MHz Pentium III - 384MB RAM - 10GB Partition - 32MB AGP

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#2 2007-09-09 01:40:23

Misfit138
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Registered: 2006-11-27
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Re: Just want to introduce myself...

Glad you found the beginner's guide. wink It's nice to know someone is reading the stuff we write.
Welcome to Arch.

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#3 2007-09-09 01:51:43

Leigh
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Registered: 2004-06-25
Posts: 533

Re: Just want to introduce myself...

Hi Warren, and welcome to Arch smile


-- archlinux 是一个极好的 linux

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#4 2007-09-09 01:57:46

mivison
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Registered: 2007-09-09
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Re: Just want to introduce myself...

i'm new to this stuff too. good to see you here!

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#5 2007-09-09 08:17:58

harlekin
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From: Germany
Registered: 2006-07-13
Posts: 408

Re: Just want to introduce myself...

Welcome to the arch community. ( :


Hail to the thief!

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#6 2007-09-09 15:45:34

kishd
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Registered: 2006-06-14
Posts: 401

Re: Just want to introduce myself...

Warren, welcome. I think you are lucky to have found ARCH so soon. Check out the arch wiki on AUR and ABS. If there are any packages not in the standard repo that you may need very often they are in AUR. Pacman is one of the most powerful package managers so it is worth reading the man pages.

I think you will enjoy arch and after checking out and installing other distro's ( which inevitably happens to all of us) you will return home. ARCH == ~/


---for there is nothing either good or bad, but only thinking makes it so....
Hamlet, W Shakespeare

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#7 2007-09-10 00:04:31

actionM
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Registered: 2007-09-09
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Re: Just want to introduce myself...

Hey guys, I'm new too!

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#8 2007-09-10 01:03:38

Warren Watts
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Registered: 2007-09-09
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Re: Just want to introduce myself...

kishd wrote:

Pacman is one of the most powerful package managers so it is worth reading the man pages.

I have already paid the price for not reading the man pages on pacman (see my grub boot splash thread).  Lesson learned. tongue

kishd wrote:

I think you will enjoy arch and after checking out and installing other distro's ( which inevitably happens to all of us) you will return home. ARCH == ~/

In the four months since I began using Linux, I have already installed and played with Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Linux Mint, Wolvix, and Archlinux..  I'm well on my way to become a distro whore.... big_smile


Dual Boot: Arch Linux/Wolvix Cub - 700 MHz AMD Duron - 256MB RAM - 10GB Hard Drive - 8MB AGP
             Ubuntu 7.04 - 450MHz Pentium III - 384MB RAM - 10GB Partition - 32MB AGP

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#9 2007-09-10 01:19:54

Misfit138
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Registered: 2006-11-27
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Re: Just want to introduce myself...

actionM wrote:

Hey guys, I'm new too!

Welcome, actionM. big_smile

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#10 2009-06-27 14:40:40

actionM
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Registered: 2007-09-09
Posts: 21

Re: Just want to introduce myself...

Umm, hello again.  I finally got arch installed lol.  It only took me 2 years.  No actually I only tried once before in 2007 and then again today.  So I guess todays success means that I know a little more about linux than I did or the installer is easier.  Anyway, it's good to be here!  I can't wait to dig in and see what Arch Linux is all about.

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#11 2009-06-27 15:50:56

Ghoul
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Re: Just want to introduce myself...

Misfit138 wrote:

It's nice to know someone is reading the stuff we write.

It would be a real shame if nobody did, because it's excellent

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#12 2009-06-27 16:03:57

arkham
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Registered: 2008-10-26
Posts: 516
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Re: Just want to introduce myself...

Hai


"I'm Winston Wolfe. I solve problems."

~ Need moar games? [arch-games] ~ [aurcheck] AUR haz updates? ~

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