ArchLinux, Not Just For The Elite
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ArchLinux, Not Just For The Elite
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Re: ArchLinux, Not Just For The Elite
#2It's pretty stupid, but the only problem I have with using something like Arch on my desktop is I can never seem to get the fonts to look nice (ie. like they do in OS X or Ubuntu) when I've installed/configured Xorg myself.
Re: ArchLinux, Not Just For The Elite
#3It's pretty stupid, but the only problem I have with using something like Arch on my desktop is I can never seem to get the fonts to look nice (ie. like they do in OS X or Ubuntu) when I've installed/configured Xorg myself.
Have you tried this? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration
Fonts needs some setups indeed before to get something good.
Re: ArchLinux, Not Just For The Elite
#4It's pretty stupid, but the only problem I have with using something like Arch on my desktop is I can never seem to get the fonts to look nice (ie. like they do in OS X or Ubuntu) when I've installed/configured Xorg myself.
That is quite a normal concern. Fortunately, the Archlinux wiki has good info on how to configure fonts: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration#Ubun... (that link leads to the section about Ubuntu-patched packages, but the whole page is a good read).
If you use Archlinux, make sure you use the wiki and bbs to their full power. Most of the problems you think of have been solved in a way or another. It usually just requires installing some packages, which is a breeze.
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#5"Arch Linux is a very fun and stable distribution that successfully blends the bleeding edge, stability and hackability of Linux"
let's define 'stable' http://www.tuxtips.org/?cat=3
Re: ArchLinux, Not Just For The Elite
#6Tried to install it last week, almost everything was done until GUI. Could not make to install & configure one of window managers.
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#7Tried to install it last week, almost everything was done until GUI. Could not make to install & configure one of window managers.
That's bad luck - but was there a reason you needed to build your own wm? If you were able to get X and a *dm running, you could just install one of the many prepackaged ones (I go with Xfce, myself), and then edit ~/.xinitrc .
Re: ArchLinux, Not Just For The Elite
#8>The installation process may take a while (several hours.. or less)
It depends on what you're talking about. With relatively fast internet (I have 20Mb/s), I can have a functional box up with my favorite DE in just an hour or so. It's true that I configure things here and there for the next couple days as I need them, and each configuration is simple and only takes a second or two, but several hours seems a lot longer than the average install to me.
Re: ArchLinux, Not Just For The Elite
#9Tried to install it last week, almost everything was done until GUI. Could not make to install & configure one of window managers.
What window manager are you talking about? And when you say install & configure, are you talking about compiling from source or installing via Pacman?
I only ask because I have never had a problem with a window manager on Arch.
Re: ArchLinux, Not Just For The Elite
#10>The installation process may take a while (several hours.. or less) It depends on what you're talking about. With relatively fast internet (I have 20Mb/s), I can have a functional box up with my favorite DE in just an hour or so. It's true that I configure things here and there for the next couple days as I need them, and each configuration is simple and only takes a second or two, but several hours seems a lot long…
Two things helped me a lot with my Archlinux installation:
1) I previously tried in a virtual machine 2) I had a second machine next to mine to look up stuff in the wiki and follow the installation guide.