The Official Hello Everyone Thread

kaizoku · 2010-07-15 15:24:16

はじめまして。どうぞよろしく。

dameunmate · 2010-07-18 01:12:20

Hello! I'm writing from an old desktop on which I've installed Arch Linux with Openbox.

I've used Windoze all my life and become very frustrated by it in the last few years. Apple software looked better but prohibitively expensive and I got the impression that they can be worse than Microsoft for locking you in to proprietry software & hardware.

I'd never used Linux before so I spent a lot of time reading about the different distributions available. I'm not a programmer or software developer, I'm just a piano tuner in London. So I knew that with Arch Linux I'd be way out of my depth, but I didn't want to bother switching from Windows unless I could really get a personalised custom OS. The distributions that were easy to install 'plug & play' already carried bloatware from the word go and were already configured for the masses. The more I read about Arch the more I knew it was my cup of tea...

So I bit the bullet and installed Arch. Well it's free isn't it? Nothing to loose! And for anyone else coming straight from Windows, with no Linux or programming experience, I can tell you it's by no means straightforward but it's well worth it.

I installed it six months ago and in a couple of days just about had a blank grey desktop in Openbox and Firefox running and connected to the internet via ethernet. After that I was busy for a few months, but in the last couple of days I've had another go, and now I'm really happy with my system. I've got it all starting up automatically, from power button to my website of choice, and also powering down automatically. I've a wireless internet connection, a nice desktop background, a semi-transparent terminal for configuring my system, and all the applications and handy files I need assigned to keyboard shortcuts. It all looks the bees' knees! In fact there's not that much to look at...the only application I've got is Firefox! But I don't need anything else yet...I can do everything online! When I have time to listen to my mp3's, I'll install a media player... but for now I love the simplicity of it all - no taskbar, no menus. no icons, no 'windows security center', no annoying 'you should update' messages, no cluttered disk space/RAM, no crashes...nothing! Just me and a browser and bwoy is it all fast!

Tips for those coming straight from Windows or Mac OS with no linux experience:
- have a second machine handy and connected to the internet for tutorials and troubleshooting - for initial installation and early configuration you will need it I can asure you.
- after trying unsuccessfuly to configure something for a long time , after having thoroughly searched the wiki and forums, don't just give up and just go to sleep like I do! Muster up a little more energy, post your issue in the forums, then sleep. This community is great.. don't be surprised if by the time you wake up somebody's already trying to help you.

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xirotyu · 2010-07-18 13:23:23

hi new user here (maybe several moth though start using arch )

purilepolterguist · 2010-07-18 19:54:54

Hello Arch Community!

I've been an avid Linux user for over a year now, I started out with Ubuntu Server, so that I could run a personal web-server, then switched to Ubuntu Desktop after becoming more familiar with LInux. I found that I didn't really like the way everything in Ubuntu was already done for you (if it worked or not) and everything was so bloated that it was almost intimidating to attack a probelm; whereas; in Arch if something breaks, it's most likely something you just did and it's much easier to learn as you develop your system.

I saw an article about Arch on /. and decided to give it a try. I love the simplicity of Arch and the way that I can customize my system completely to my needs. I feel that I'm definitely learning more using Arch than I would if I was using another prebuilt distro like Ubuntu or OpenSuSE and with how well it's documented and how straight forward the installation process was, I feel it's more accessable to the Linux greenhorn than other more advanced distros like Gentoo. While I'm not a complete noob to Arch Linux (I've been using it for about 6 months now), I am still relatively new to Linux. Because of this I decided to wait to join the forums until I felt I could actually contribute something or until I absolutely could not solve a problem myself or through research. I recently had such a problem and as it turns out, I was just being retarded that day and jumped the gun, maybe I was just looking for an excuse to finally join the forum So, hopefully by this point I know enough to help out a little, and as I learn more of Linux I'll be able to contribute more and more. I'd also like to say thank you to the Arch team for developing such an awesome distro and everyone who answers posts and those who wrote the wiki's! I've still never encountered a problem that I couldn't find the solution to online.

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okubax · 2010-07-19 09:10:07

Hi everyone

Been using arclinux now for a month or so and I am falling in love(again!) with Linux. I've been a Linux user for the past 4years moving between diffrent distros, first started with OpenSuSe then Fedora and finally Ubuntu.

I got bored of Ubuntu soon enough and I've been on the lookout for a new experience. I tried ArchLinux first on a virtual machine and then decided to install it on my HP netbook and everything's been great!.

A big SHOUTOUT to all the Arch team for making a truly great Linux experince

mimor · 2010-07-20 10:16:43

Oh hi there.
I've started to set up a google un-friendly netbook running ARCH.
Looking for some nicer experience after I've used Fedora (Core) for several years and Ubuntu for the last 5 years.

My setup:
Samsung X360
Arch Linux
Awesome Windows manager
Wicd to control my network
Pacman & Yaourt
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Google hates this

goopen · 2010-07-20 20:28:52

Hello i'm Nick from Sweden. I've been sneaking around this site for a while since a buddy gave me a tip. However since i've only used linux for about 8 months in total i figure im going to hang around in the newbie corner for a while so why not say hello while at it

Most of my time i have been using ubuntu karmic and lucid. Both desktop and server.
However i like the "keep it simple"-mentality even if it sometimes mean more work for the end-user. Lots of people have been telling me the AUR is absolutly amazing and the best thing since sliced bread!

For a while im just going to test Arch in a virtualbox enviroment and get a feeling for it then i will move on to putting it on my lil server - then later on also put on my desktop.

Looking forward to meet ya all in the forums

//
Nick

Mihasi · 2010-07-24 20:44:46

Hi Arch,

Yet another new user here. Yeah, big shock, I know. I'm not going to waste too much time on an introduction, since nobody reads them anyway, but it seems like a logical place to start my adventures in Arch Land. You may call me by my username Mihasi. You might think I'm Chinese or Japanse judging by the name, but you'd be wrong since I am as Western as can be. I'm a student of Elektronics-ICT (applied engineering) and work as a technical salesman as a spare time job. I've used Fedora in my first two years of college, then found I didn't have enough time to mess around with it anymore and switched to Ubuntu. The past year I had even less time so I was forced to switch back to using Windows exclusively: none of the school software was particularly Linux-friendly. Now that I have a couple of months off I figured I might as well dive into Linux again, this time perhaps without a swim vest. I hope to get Arch up and running (smoothly) by the time my next school year starts.

The installation process has been flawless up until now, so something is bound to go wrong very soon. See you on the boards.

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apefish · 2010-07-26 04:53:23

Hello arch community, I am new here. Here is my story:

I used to use windows (2000), but I realized that all the good software was a pain in the ass to run on windows. So I decided to use GNU/linux. I did some research about what distro I should get, chose debian stable. Debian was a good introduction to GNU/linux, but still flexible enough... for a while. I got into using xmonad and tweaking my system alot. I tried to get xmonad to integrate with the gnome desktop, which required some ugly backports and hybrib lenny/squeeze hacks that left my system in a rather precarious state.

Debian was starting to show its age so I started looking for a more current distro. Arch with its rolling release and emphasis on simplicity and customizability seemed like exactly what I needed. As soon as the school term was out for the summer I zapped my machines into arch. Somewhere along the way I discovered the suckless stuff. I now use dwm, surf, sic etc.

So that's that. Arch seems great and I doubt I'll be going anywhere.

bearman51 · 2010-07-26 20:04:09

I've been an Arch user before on a few different occasions. Came back again a few months ago (for good this time!). I've never officially said it so, "Hello".

pathfinderdeepak · 2010-07-27 10:43:11

I started playing with Arch when 0.7.2 was released. I'd been looking for a powerful, lightweight distro to learn proper command line use and linux customization. Arch seemed to be everything I wanted. Alas after a few days of struggle I shelfed the project until after school calmed down for the semester and somehow didn't get back for a year. The origional problem was that for some reason every time I installed Arch on my MacBook

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Pallet Racking | Fitflop Boots

aeurielesn · 2010-07-27 18:34:06

¡Hola!

esteeven · 2010-07-28 09:20:52

Hello Arch World!! It's taken me years to get here but I have finally arrived. I've taken in mainly Debian and Slackware on the way but there's something about Arch that has been calling me. It's now the only distro on my main desktop.

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spiritwalker · 2010-07-30 12:09:16

this thread riminds me of "Hi my name is *** and I am an alcoholic". haha

aetherfly · 2010-08-01 05:56:54

Hi, my name is aetherfly and I'm an Archeholic...

I've been using Arch for a while now, finally joined the bbs and irc. While I'm still a relative noob, I am hoping to help out as much as possible and learn in the process. I'm one of those who has tried many flavors of Linux, but likes the taste of Archlinux the best. I look forward to becoming a member of the Arch community.

simpu · 2010-08-01 06:03:30

hello everyone!
i was out of station since 1 n 1/2 months.Now m back again

deadSnowman · 2010-08-02 01:31:01

Hello,

I switched to Archlinux a while back for to get away from relying on GUI tools, and run a lightweight distribution on an old computer.
The community and documentation is amazing

viking60 · 2010-08-02 12:31:05

Must be polite and say hello

Used Arch to blow some life into an old box. I am happy with it, so yes; I am an Archeholic too.

spiritwalker · 2010-08-02 15:06:37

viking60 wrote:

Must be polite and say hello
Used Arch to blow some life into an old box. I am happy with it, so yes; I am an Archeholic too.

welcome home, Archeholic!

SolomonKull · 2010-08-03 00:21:00

I am Solomon Kull. Greetings, Archophiles.

I've been using Arch for about 5 months on a regular basis. Before that I had tested Arch several times, but never made the commitment. Now Arch is installed on two of my (ancient) machines, and I wouldn't dare use another distro for this older hardware.

cubeist · 2010-08-03 02:59:45

Hi, I'm new to arch, but not Linux/Unix which I have been using forever. I have tons of semi-useless information in my head; hopefully some of it will be useful to others, I will try to share it when I can!

I am also an occasional Mac user, but not a windows user. I really dislike windows!

Arch feels like 'home' more than any distro I've used in a long time

Cheers
Cubeist (pronounced cube-ist)

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frigaut · 2010-08-03 03:25:56

Mihasi wrote:

I'm not going to waste too much time on an introduction, since nobody reads them anyway

wrong. proof.

The installation process has been flawless up until now, so something is bound to go wrong very soon. See you on the boards.

Good one. Welcome to the arch community !

frigaut · 2010-08-03 03:28:55

pathfinderdeepak wrote:

I started playing with Arch when 0.7.2 was released. I'd been looking for a powerful, lightweight distro to learn proper command line use and linux customization. Arch seemed to be everything I wanted. Alas after a few days of struggle I shelfed the project until after school calmed down for the semester and somehow didn't get back for a year. The origional problem was that for some reason every time I installed Arch on my MacBook

... the keyboard stopped working after a short while...
yeah, I got it.

nXqd · 2010-08-03 06:01:48

hello everyone, I think I lost my arch last night but people here are great
Cheers ! It's working times stronger

gatonero · 2010-08-03 10:36:58

Hello from Aachen / Germany. I'm a Linux user for about 10 years but recognized Arch before 2 weeks .

After a first installation in Virtualbox and then on a Thinkpad X31, I installed it on my main machine, got everything running with the help of the excelent wiki and love this totaly customizable and fast distribution.

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