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Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by SSLy » Tue, Apr 07, 2015, 1:13 PM UTC

damcedami wrote: post #46

Most interesting thing I want to see was bash script (or other way) to automate install and configure the post-installed system, like this gist https://gist.github.com/julionc/4162347

https://github.com/helmuthdu/aui Though, I can't vouch for quality of this, I don't use it

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by kitd » Tue, Apr 07, 2015, 1:16 PM UTC

First

  Installing Arch Linux is pretty difficult task when you atempt to do it for your
  first time if you are not familiar with command line and basics of linux.
  But I would suggest you to install Arch Linux as you will gain a very good
  insight on how linux works.

then

  If you got no idea what dd is, arch ain't for you friend!

... do not follow

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

#53

Post by DanBC » Tue, Apr 07, 2015, 1:18 PM UTC

kitd wrote: post #52

First Installing Arch Linux is pretty difficult task when you atempt to do it for your first time if you are not familiar with command line and basics of linux. But I would suggest you to install Arch Linux as you will gain a very good insight on how linux works. then If you got no idea what dd is, arch ain't for you friend! ... do not follow

Using four spaces to quote text breaks your post for people reading on mobile.

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

#54

Post by crypt1d » Tue, Apr 07, 2015, 1:19 PM UTC

bstamour wrote: post #49

crypt1d wrote: post #43

Surprised to see a tutorial on Arch linux on front page. As a sys admin, I appreciate the effort to tune everything to your needs, and Arch has its place there for sure. As a user, I just want things to work. So I usually stay away from tweak-everything-you-can distros. So now on one hand you have the distros that do pretty much everything for you (ubuntu style), and on the other you have to do the tweaking for yours…

What you described is basically slackware. If you install the whole image (roughly 6 gb) you get a working desktop machine that's easy to keep up to date (just run slackpkg update once in a while). Yet when it comes to tweaking, it's easy, because everything is a shell script or text file, no binary blobs of weird file formats. It actually reminds me a lot of FreeBSD.

Idk, 6gb seems excessive. I'd prefer a small footprint system (eg, my centos VM images take 1GB after installation), and to do the tweaking during installation.

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by kitd » Tue, Apr 07, 2015, 1:19 PM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #53

kitd wrote: post #52

First Installing Arch Linux is pretty difficult task when you atempt to do it for your first time if you are not familiar with command line and basics of linux. But I would suggest you to install Arch Linux as you will gain a very good insight on how linux works. then If you got no idea what dd is, arch ain't for you friend! ... do not follow

Using four spaces to quote text breaks your post for people reading on mobile.

Thanks

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

#56

Post by hntuesday » Tue, Apr 07, 2015, 1:22 PM UTC

collyw wrote: post #26

I will recommend Manjaro for anyone that wants arch without the install hassles. https://manjaro.github.io/

I went with Antergos (http://antergos.com/) and I love it. The install is hassle free also. It's fairly light, looks good, and gives you plenty of DE options without getting bloated.

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by vezzy-fnord » Tue, Apr 07, 2015, 1:30 PM UTC

minikites wrote: post #37

zx2c4 wrote: post #27

Gentoo is a much more rewarding and educational experience: https://www.gentoo.org/get-started/ https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page

Gentoo is ridiculous: http://fun.irq.dk/funroll-loops.org/#fourth

This is a classic, however a decade-old selection of ignorant Gentoo users doesn't reflect the quality of the distribution itself.

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by ddoolin » Tue, Apr 07, 2015, 1:38 PM UTC

kitd wrote: post #52

First Installing Arch Linux is pretty difficult task when you atempt to do it for your first time if you are not familiar with command line and basics of linux. But I would suggest you to install Arch Linux as you will gain a very good insight on how linux works. then If you got no idea what dd is, arch ain't for you friend! ... do not follow

Came here to post the same thing. Very strange 180 there. I had no idea what dd was when I first got into Arch, but if I had let that deter me, I never would have gotten past the first step. I also don't think understanding dd is very critical to being able to use Arch as a whole.

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by ryenus » Tue, Apr 07, 2015, 1:42 PM UTC

collyw wrote: post #26

I will recommend Manjaro for anyone that wants arch without the install hassles. https://manjaro.github.io/

Thanks for sharing this!

An installer for Arch Linux is something I've been wondering for quite a while and didn't know it already exists :-)

Re: Arch Linux – Do it yourself

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Post by notfoss » Tue, Apr 07, 2015, 1:44 PM UTC

Please add 2014 to the submission title. Also, Since Arch is a rolling release distro, it is encouraged to always refer to the latest documentation over at the Arch Wiki.