My Arch Linux Setup with Plasma 5

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Post by sadanand4singh » Wed, Jun 07, 2017, 1:06 AM UTC

My Arch Linux Setup with Plasma 5
sadanand-singh.github.io

Re: My Arch Linux Setup with Plasma 5

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Post by rvdavis » Wed, Jun 07, 2017, 4:27 AM UTC

Why on God's green Earth would you pollute Arch with KDE?! :)

Re: My Arch Linux Setup with Plasma 5

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Post by tuxxy » Wed, Jun 07, 2017, 4:38 AM UTC

When you overwrite the disk, you say you should use dd if=/dev/random, but the reason why this is much slower is because /dev/random blocks. Use /dev/urandom because it doesn't block -- Before you ask, yes this is still secure.

Or you can use dm-crypt and create a temporary container with a random key to wipe it. This will be a bit faster than the above. See the Arch wiki for details[1]

[1] - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt/Drive_preparat...

Re: My Arch Linux Setup with Plasma 5

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Post by kellyjprice » Wed, Jun 07, 2017, 5:16 AM UTC

rvdavis wrote: post #2

Why on God's green Earth would you pollute Arch with KDE?! :)

What happened to the time when KDE was respected as a beautiful DE?

Re: My Arch Linux Setup with Plasma 5

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Post by em3rgent0rdr » Wed, Jun 07, 2017, 5:17 AM UTC

rvdavis wrote: post #2

Why on God's green Earth would you pollute Arch with KDE?! :)

:) well the nice thing about Arch is that Arch doesn't tell you what you can and can't install on your system...that is pretty much entirely up to the user.

Re: My Arch Linux Setup with Plasma 5

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Post by noinsight » Wed, Jun 07, 2017, 5:52 AM UTC

tuxxy wrote: post #3

When you overwrite the disk, you say you should use dd if=/dev/random, but the reason why this is much slower is because /dev/random blocks. Use /dev/urandom because it doesn't block -- Before you ask, yes this is still secure. Or you can use dm-crypt and create a temporary container with a random key to wipe it. This will be a bit faster than the above. See the Arch wiki for details[1] [1] - https://wiki.archlinux.o…

Or, you can use the (S)ATA Secure Erase[1] command which was designed from the start to securely wipe a hard disk and should handle wiping reserve space etc. properly.

[1] https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase

Re: My Arch Linux Setup with Plasma 5

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Post by nice_byte » Wed, Jun 07, 2017, 5:52 AM UTC

kellyjprice wrote: post #4

rvdavis wrote: post #2

Why on God's green Earth would you pollute Arch with KDE?! :)

What happened to the time when KDE was respected as a beautiful DE?

KDE 4 happened

Re: My Arch Linux Setup with Plasma 5

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Post by shmerl » Wed, Jun 07, 2017, 5:55 AM UTC

rvdavis wrote: post #2

Why on God's green Earth would you pollute Arch with KDE?! :)

KDE is simply the best DE around.

Re: My Arch Linux Setup with Plasma 5

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Post by shmerl » Wed, Jun 07, 2017, 5:55 AM UTC

kellyjprice wrote: post #4

rvdavis wrote: post #2

Why on God's green Earth would you pollute Arch with KDE?! :)

What happened to the time when KDE was respected as a beautiful DE?

It's still the most popular. Check any polls.

Re: My Arch Linux Setup with Plasma 5

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Post by roadbeats » Wed, Jun 07, 2017, 5:57 AM UTC

Arch Linux is so powerful thanks to its amazing community. You got access to over 70k packages with one command (stable: pacman, community: yaourt). Whatever you're looking for, it's there.

I run the same setup for almost 7 years without any issues, and it's always fast, always reliable and productive. I prefer Xmonad over pretty stuff like KDE though, just like many Arch users. It's not beautiful and there is a learning curve, but once you got used to it, you can use it for years, just like me and lots of other people. And it'll give you a stability that lasts years.

Recently I created a distro based on Arch, to attract more pragmatic developers to use Arch. My distro is called Happy Hacking Linux and unlike Arch, it comes with a ready-to-use desktop. It's a niche distro made just for pragmatic developers, so its installation wizard starts with asking where your dotfiles are located, and sets up a system that you can immediately start building stuff. Last January, I converted my dad's old desktop pc to my personal development workspace within 30 minutes. And that useless machine was running my workspace as fast as a brand new Mac with bloated OSX.

If you're curious, check it out; http://kodfabrik.com/happy-hacking-linux