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Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by burntsushi »

There's value in a shorter more targeted tutorial, but the canonical install instructions for Arch are instructive and detailed: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide

Also, if you want to use Arch in a dependable way, subscribing to arch-announce is important[1]. It's a low traffic mailing list that notifies you of any manual steps you may need to take during a package upgrade.

(I've been using Arch for years, both at home and at work. I love it.)

[1] - https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-announce

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by HDevo »

burntsushi wrote: post #3

There's value in a shorter more targeted tutorial, but the canonical install instructions for Arch are instructive and detailed: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide Also, if you want to use Arch in a dependable way, subscribing to arch-announce is important[1]. It's a low traffic mailing list that notifies you of any manual steps you may need to take during a package upgrade. (I've been using Arch…

Just wanted to add that if you're not into mailing lists, the official Arch Linux News[1] page seems to be the same thing as arch-announce. It also has an Atom/RSS feed[2].

[1] https://www.archlinux.org/news/

[2] https://www.archlinux.org/feeds/news/

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by lake99 »

digi_owl wrote: post #4

Would not Linux From Scratch get even closer to "do it yourself"? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

Yes, but at the end of it all, you have a fully supported distro with Arch. And by "supported", I mean that there are regular updates for your packages, very good instructions to learn stuff, an excellent support forum, etc.

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by spystath »

digi_owl wrote: post #4

Would not Linux From Scratch get even closer to "do it yourself"? http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

LFS is probably as close to DIY as possible, however it still requires you to compile everything. I suppose Arch is DIY while still providing binary packages (faster installation) and a more or less standard linux installation while still allowing you to customise it to you heart's content. Gentoo is probably in-between these two, although I believe Gentoo is a more opinionated distribution than Arch regarding how the system is structured (see custom init, custom udev etc). This is not bad, but different. I am not a Gentoo user so please correct me if my assumptions are wrong. All these 3 options, however, encourage the user to familiarise themselves with the system internals, which is a good option if one wants to dwelve a bit deeper into linux. Arch is probably the most accessible of the lot.

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by chx »

HDevo wrote: post #7
burntsushi wrote: post #3

There's value in a shorter more targeted tutorial, but the canonical install instructions for Arch are instructive and detailed: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide Also, if you want to use Arch in a dependable way, subscribing to arch-announce is important[1]. It's a low traffic mailing list that notifies you of any manual steps you may need to take during a package upgrade. (I've been using Arch…

Just wanted to add that if you're not into mailing lists, the official Arch Linux News[1] page seems to be the same thing as arch-announce. It also has an Atom/RSS feed[2]. [1] https://www.archlinux.org/news/ [2] https://www.archlinux.org/feeds/news/

Also https://twitter.com/archlinux . And yes, Arch rocks.
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