Arch Linux

vasicekabc

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From: Prague

Registered: 2011-04-01

Posts: 16

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Live CD with Gnome?

Can I try Arch linux with Gnome via live CD, such as Ubuntu for example? Where can I download it?

ANOKNUSA

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Registered: 2010-10-22

Posts: 2,141

Re: Live CD with Gnome?

http://www.google.com/search?q=arch+linux+livecd

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joseperezc

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Registered: 2011-03-02

Posts: 80

Re: Live CD with Gnome?

If is your first try with Arch you can use Chakra http://chakra-project.org/
is KDE based but is the friendliest arch based.
Good luck

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superchango

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From: Tenochtitlan

Registered: 2009-01-22

Posts: 133

Re: Live CD with Gnome?

There are not a "official" live CD (for the philosophy behind Archlinux). You can make your own live cd or try other "related" distros, like Arch Bang:

http://archbang.org/

It's a Archlinux based distro with OpenBox.

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ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,358

Re: Live CD with Gnome?

If is your first try with Arch you can use Chakra http://chakra-project.org/
is KDE based but is the friendliest arch based.
Good luck

Please note that Chakra is not going to be Arch-based much longer (if they still are). Decision by the devs, check out their homepage first. KahelOS was a Phillipines-based distro with Gnome as default, but not sure how its getting on (the leadership didn't exactly inspire confidence when they first joined these forums).

Installing Arch from the ground up is recommended if you really want to use Arch, pre-installed stuff will just get in your way and make your system more difficult to maintain.

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joseperezc

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Registered: 2011-03-02

Posts: 80

Re: Live CD with Gnome?

Yes, that's right ngoonee.
Building your own personalized system is far better than a ready to whatever use distro because it works at your way.
And that is the "quid" of arch,
however vasiceabc you can install any package
and it be would work better and faster than in anyone distro (without compiling)
The only thing that you need to know for correctly install and maintain arch is speak/read english (and read the wiki)
If you think that you can break something you can try it in a virtual machine like vmware which installs from your package manager.
download Arch from here: http://www.archlinux.org/download/
learn how to install it: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide
and install it.
then when you have it done sucefully you can customize it at your way. with pacman
and if it liked (we're sure that you will love arch) you should install it in your HDD

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