I'm Lost

L1nUx Cr@zy · 2011-03-04 21:47:09

Hi, my friend told me about arch linux, so I thought I would give it a try. For about the past year, I have been using Fedora and OpenSUSE. I know these distros are more "point-and-click", but I think over time I can figure more things. I downloaded the .iso and gave it a try. Theres just a few questions I wanted to ask.

1.) What happened to the user environment? (GNOME,KDE,etc.)
2.) When I set up the driver partitions, my driver is on sda....It shows that there are about 6 of them, and when I goto format, it formats all of them. Is this normal?

Thanks!

graysky · 2011-03-04 21:50:43

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide

You won't get far without reading the wiki

Deusdies · 2011-03-04 21:50:59

1) GNOME, KDE, etc are installed manually, after you finish your installation.

2) Partition manager in Arch's install is not at all user-friendly, but it is normal for it to format all partitions unless you choose otherwise.

ewaller · 2011-03-04 21:52:09

Someone is going to do it, so let me point you here. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide

The general answer to 1. is: You install the ones you want, and not the ones you don't -- or none at all, if you want. KDE, Gnome, Xfce4, Awsome, Fluxbox -- they are all here in the land of Arch.

Edit: See, I told you so Oh, by the way: Welcome

Last edited by ewaller (2011-03-04 21:53:37)

wonder · 2011-03-04 21:54:23

L1nUx Cr@zy wrote:

1.) What happened to the user environment? (GNOME,KDE,etc.)

it's up to you to install the preferred one

L1nUx Cr@zy · 2011-03-04 21:58:05

Thnx for the fast reply!

I forgot about the wiki! I will definitly read it!

graysky · 2011-03-05 00:46:13

ewaller wrote:

Someone is going to do it, so let me point you here. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide

...thought I did that in post #2

ewaller · 2011-03-05 02:37:20

graysky wrote:

ewaller wrote:
Someone is going to do it, so let me point you here. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide
...thought I did that in post #2

Thats what I meant by

Edit: See, I told you so

You snaked me as I was posting -- Again!

admiralspark · 2011-03-05 03:12:47

Hey, you might find it easier to use a Parted Magic liveusb/livecd to do your partition editing first, it's completely graphical. Then you can just point Arch at the correct partitions and be set to go!

Arch Linux

#1 2011-03-04 21:47:09

I'm Lost

#2 2011-03-04 21:50:43

Re: I'm Lost

#3 2011-03-04 21:50:59

Re: I'm Lost

#4 2011-03-04 21:52:09

Re: I'm Lost

#5 2011-03-04 21:54:23

Re: I'm Lost

#6 2011-03-04 21:58:05

Re: I'm Lost

#7 2011-03-05 00:46:13

Re: I'm Lost

#8 2011-03-05 02:37:20

Re: I'm Lost

#9 2011-03-05 03:12:47

Re: I'm Lost

Board footer