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I haven't installed arch yet, but I am impressed with the arch way - "trying to hide the complexities of a system actually results in an even more complex system".
Anyhow, I am a good developer, but a full time employee and serious PhD student, so I do not have much time to help. I felt a little better about it with Ubuntu, since it is such a large community, but do feel somewhat guilty with an open source project that is this much work, where I definitely will be taking advantage of the forums to post my own problems.
Is this okay - is everyone welcome here, or with such a small distro, is everyone expected to invest something?
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If you don't require hand-holding and promise to search on the web and the Arch wiki for solutions to any problems or questions you might have before posting them on the forums, you should be fine. Some basic competency is expected on your part, but people are generally very helpful and friendly here if you hit a roadblock.
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You're not expected to invest anything. That being said, the term "investing something" is fairly broad and can be applied to reporting bugs, translating wiki pages, helping other new users with simple (or increasingly complex) problems, adopting packages in the AUR, and generally taking part in the community.
It's as difficult and time-consuming as you make it
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The devs are paid in beer. Someone has to make that beer.
But seriously, Arch isn't exactly a "small" distro. I have enough trouble trying to find ways to help, so I just harass people in here.
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is everyone expected to invest something?
Welcome to the forums!
You aren't expected to invest anything, but you are expected to apply yourself. If you can do that, you should find yourself enjoying Arch. Hope it works out well for you.
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Arch has an excellent Wiki (probably the best on the web), and a lot of answers already posted in the Forums, so you can get a LONG way without posting much questions. But even if you do, the people in the forums are very nice and helpful, even if you can't contribute back to the project and are "only" a user (which in fact sets Arch apart from most other advanced distributions).
So don't be shy and welcome to Arch
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In the 12 months I have used Arch I have had to ask very few questions on the forums. I always find that a forum search, google or the Wiki already answer the question. In that time we have had some very major updates to xorg, gnome and various libraries. All of these have gone very well and any issues have been solved quickly and very professionally.
I try to contribute by answering questions on the forums when I can and intend to start contributing to the Wiki when I have a bit more time.
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You're not expected to invest anything. That being said, the term "investing something" is fairly broad and can be applied to reporting bugs, translating wiki pages, helping other new users with simple (or increasingly complex) problems, adopting packages in the AUR, and generally taking part in the community.
It's as difficult and time-consuming as you make it
Very well put .
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The devs are paid in beer. Someone has to make that beer.
I am still waiting for any beer type remunerations...
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Arch has an excellent Wiki (probably the best on the web), and a lot of answers already posted in the Forums, so you can get a LONG way without posting much questions.
What he said ^.
Welcome to Arch.
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fsckd wrote:The devs are paid in beer. Someone has to make that beer.
I am still waiting for any beer type remunerations...
Didn't he mention the clause? Only for devs who don't break stuff....
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You don't need to be productive, but people tend to like you more if you are.
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Allan wrote:fsckd wrote:The devs are paid in beer. Someone has to make that beer.
I am still waiting for any beer type remunerations...
Didn't he mention the clause? Only for devs who don't break stuff....
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You aren't expected to invest anything, but you are expected to apply yourself.
Apply yourself to at least *try* and solve your own problems first, don't just come running to forums at the first sign of trouble and expect to have someone hold your hand.... You might get lucky and find someone willing to, but don't count on it
Most importantly, just don't be a Help Vampire: http://slash7.com/2006/12/22/vampires/
Have a general read over this will give you a good idea for "how things are done around here"
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Forum_Etiquette
Oh, and welcome
Are you familiar with our Forum Rules, and How To Ask Questions The Smart Way?
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Just the fact that you asked makes me think that you'll be OK here. The only thing I would say is don't throw a tantrum when your question is not answered or noticed. Or that you deserve attention just because you paid attention to some others. Some humility goes a long way here, I think. Either that or some beer for Allan.
Welcome!
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i suggest pinning this thread for all newbies to see, but likely to be redundant with the beginner's guide, etc.
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