I've got the Acer Aspire One 522, and with each Distro I've been trying I get the same issue, I try to connect to my wifi (no security because its not mine it's my foolish inlaws) and the system crashes. Would Arch be a good bet to get it working?
@Ebonrook From looking at the Ubuntu wiki, it looks like the 522 has worked for a little while with few issues. Might check out this page, it has some info on keeping wireless working: help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne522
@thisweekinlinux Ah I see a fix (I think) for the big issue I was having with Ubuntu, when I searched for this I couldn't find it. So you are my savior! Just to check, NetBoot would be the Network Boot option wouldn't it? That makes sense right?
@Ebonrook I believe so, yes. However, I was referring to the "Random Wireless Disconnects" section of that page. Might help as well (talks about blacklisting something broadcom related)
@thisweekinlinux Oh yeah I am gonna do that as well, it's just that I kept crashing at Login which is why I had to try other Distros to begin with! Also - Tried Arch, followed instructions and for some reason the usb boot wouldn't load the menu *sigh*
I may switch from Ubuntu. I love the bar from unity but it logs me out at random now whenever i do anything involving flash x-x. Im thinking gnome looks a lot better.
Arch works great, and leaves most of the choices in the hands of the user. I.E. Arch is not focused on forcing the user's of various open source and not so open source software into a particular box. The documentation is online. annoyingly enough you must install the kernel documentation seperately from the kernel sources.
arch linux looks great, I tried Ubunto alot of time, and it always fail for some reason,
and freezes and slowWW, which made me just dont want to install Linux anyway, until I tried Fedora, and it went very well, I really dont know why, is it my luck with Ubuntu or me,
Actually, the statement about Arch being at the latest, most bleeding-edge version is not entirely true. The Arch Linux developers only include packages that have been released upstream. The GNU Image Manipulation Program 2.7 has yet to be released upstream, which is why the Arch Linux developers have yet to include it.
Actually, after re-watching this video, I've found out that GNOME Packagekit was moved from the AUR and is now available in the official community repository :D
I've just set up Arch Linux a few hours ago. One word of caution, do NOT use the core install images. You must also be careful when upgrading, as Arch Linux is literally a bleeding edge system. If you upgrade EVERYTHING, it might be possible that an update breaks your system.
@cubemike99 openbox. no desktop. fast. simple. no wasted screen realestate. use tilda for a dropdown console. use conky to print system stats on the desktop
@N174D Crunchbang, based on Openbox, their is however a little bit of a learning curve to it. And it uses a little over 200 mb on my system with chrome and libreoffice writer open.
@reingrady sort of both and neither. it uses its own package manager, "pacman" to manage packages. The PKGBUILDs (installation scripts) for pacman can accept rpm or deb files, if I remember correctly as well as binary files (.bin, .run), scripts, source code, etc.
I replaced Xubuntu on my laptop with Arch by deleting everything off my / other than my /home (My HDD is small so I keep everything on one partition) and then following the Install From Existing Linux steps on the wiki using my Arch USB stick.
"an amazing distro that can be anything you want it to be, as long as you follow directions"
I'd say, as long as you are ready to learn. Just be prepared to the fact that before you get things working you'll have to understand how they're supposed to work because 90% setup is manual. Read package news before updating your system - it's bleeding edge and it'll bleed you if you're careless. And think twice before clearing package cache. Study and be cautious, and you'll be all right.
@sok8888 people who want to improve their productivity :) Quiz: how fast can you search a bunch of csv files for a keyword, display the filename where the keyword was found, extract the column and show 2 lines before and after the keywords was found. All of this using a mouse in GUI?
The wiki is very thorough and walks you through things step-by-step, so you may get told to RTFM if you haven't done so.
However, if your problem isn't as basic as a failure to read, then you will find Archers go above and beyond to help you. I've gone into the IRC channel at all hours of the day or night and someone's always been able to provide help.
I also love Pacman, and the AUR. I've used Debian, Suse, and Gentoo before, and Arch's package management system is the best.
@bewareofsnow But don't you miss aptitude's package tree interface? I have tried to find a wrapper for pacman that would let me compare the options before actually installing apps, without success so far. I mean the opportunity to see for example all the dependencies when choosing between 3 or 4 programs with similar features.
Hello TWL thanks for the review. I have tried several times just install Arch but failed. Its not my kind of stuff. So i abandoned it, but after your review "I would like to give it a shot" (as you say)
I was once a fan of do everything manually/yourself distributions such as minimal Debian, Arch or even Gentoo. Then of course I wondered - why spend time doing all this yourself when you can get a distro which has all of this done by a team of people who most likely know what they are doing at least as well as you. Unless you are a sysadmin (I'm a mathematician/engineer) why spend all that time? Or spend time compiling even though self compiled programs aren't really noticeably faster.
@kotapaka So you can learn how to do it yourself, learn how your system works, for fun, for an extremely customized system, for an extremely fast system, etc. I love being able to customize my system to the bone, and I enjoy doing it. And I'm learning how to do stuff at the same time, so I don't have to rely on others for everything and can help others out.
And nobody knows what I want to do with my system as much as me.
@onlycicala Arch is actually very enjoyable. I just switched to it last weekend from ubuntu (don't like its 1104 which probably is the direction that ubuntu is going). I found that what ever question that you may have probably got answered already on the forum. Give it a go. It gives you so many new perspectives on your system.
how strong is the community of arch at the moment?, I'm thinking of switching my current OS to this, and maybe add Windows on dual at a later date....
I ran Arch for three years, and can echo your impressions regarding their docs--very thorough and accurate. Never had a problem finding software, and their "pacman" package manager seemed to do a pretty good job at resolving dependencies.
I was running a fairly complex setup, with two flavors of software RAID, non-standard partitioning, GNOME w/ Compiz for look-n-feel, etc. The only thing I didn't like: the release model--updates tended to break the build if you let it get out of sync.
Hi to all... I d like to say that arch its just amazing.
I used mint(based on ubuntu and just a fantastic distro, expecially for beginners... like me) for about a year on my acer laptop and a week ago i switched to arch.
the installation can seem difficult but its not, if you can read than you install it sucessfully on you machine cause the wiki, documentation and forum have no equals in my opinion.
when you set up everything you got a powerful, fast, beatiful and easy of use distro. try it
@TeruMikami2345 And now Im being serious: you can either change your internet ports which you should search on the internet OR you should go to your Internet service provider (the guys that your internet bills to) and quit the contract with them and search another ones.
@MisterJ4512 my father pays for the internet and he doesn't want anything faster because all he needs is news and Facebook, but he doesnt consider that he has different members of the family that have other needs for the internet like download files, it took over 2 hours to download any iso image
I got all the way up to the point in Arch when I had XFCE installed. You might be thinking WOW youre basically done!
Well no. I then installed a login screen(Slim) and thats where everything fell apart. Suddenly my computer stopped reading from my modem so I couldn't download anything. Not to mention my log in screen told me no so i had to use 'sudo startxfce4' to get graphical. I then found out that GRUB did something to my windows boot loader
@thisweekinlinux I agree, I had a lot of problems with slim and bang in general. I still find that you should just go with arch and do what you want from there. Also, wasn't huge fan of bang..
@thisweekinlinux I use slim on a regular basis on my laptop with no problem. I've set it up to log in with openbox, fluxbox, gnome, kde, awesome, enlightment all installed at the same time with no problem whatsoever. On arch by the way.
@ForeverWiked Slim works well, but you need to spend some time and brain activity to configure it. Firstly i had LOTS of problems with Slim, i failed lots of times while configuring it. But once i found "working" configuration and i'm using it up to the present time.
@ForeverWiked Perhaps you shouldn't go for the most complicated setup you could think of on your first install. Ok, it's not necessarily the most complicated one. But just GNOME or KDE might have been much simpler than that.
@Terabytekit I haven't run Steam (or anything else) in Wine in a long time. I was able to play Left4Dead and L4D2, as well as Half Life 2 pretty well on my old laptop though. It was a core2duo, 2gb RAM, Nvidia 128mb graphics. Not amazing performance or anything, but it ran pretty well.
I've heard that Photoshop runs well in Wine, but I haven't tried.
I was wondering if it is possible once you set everything up to make a kind of snapshot-image so when you mess everything up you put the cd in and rebuild that exact system again. That would be soo great Thanks for an answer.
@Shinedown51287 There are a couple of options there. There's an app called "larch" that will take a snapshot and I think make an ISO for you, kind of like Remastersys for Ubuntu. You can also just make a backup of a list of all the packages you've got installed, and back up the config files you've changed by hand. Not as friendly, but it would work.
@thisweekinlinux Thank you very much I will check it out soon. Thank you for all your videos. With them and a couple of others It was good material to get started with linux.
@Shinedown51287 i use the dd command. I have a "hotrod netbook" - Asus Eee 901 with SSD storage formatted to lzo-compressed btrfs. Since I don't think it's a stable setup, I backup the system to an USB-attached HDD at least twice a week, and keep a "rescue" ArchBang flash drive. I never had to restore it after real problems but I managed to clone my system on another Eee 901 though not without some weird mistakes I had to correct.
@ForeverWiked absolutely correct. if you just need a quick system up and running in no time with no thought, something else would probably be best. If you are comfortable and knowledgeable about the Arch install process, it's no big deal. If you have a little time to devote to setting it up though, it's definitely worthwhile.
I guess what I'm trying to say is ... I don't want to try using Arch until I'm at the level where I can understand the documentation. I am nowhere near that level .. but I really do want to learn. I just don't know *what* I need to learn.
@TokedStokedMusic The biggest thing, in my experience, is to gain a level of comfort with the terminal / command line. I've put out a couple of videos on using the terminal, and there are loads of websites with helpful commands (@climagic on twitter is an awesome guy). Basically, the Arch wiki's "Beginner's guide" is much more simple if you feel comfortable working from a terminal only.
What would you recommend I do / read / study that would get me to the point where I can comprehend what the beginners guide is even saying? Because as it is ... nothing on there means anything to me. It's gibberish. I want to learn, but I don't know where to start.
@joddymixman Try looking at the Fonts and Font Configuration pages on the Arch Linux wiki. I can't give you any screenshots, sorry, but there are fontconfig etc. packages in the AUR with Ubuntu patches. If you have VirtualBox/VMware or something, maybe you could give it a try there
archlinux is the greatest curent os. BSd can't match it upgradeability in all binary, and its recent packages, and its ability to compiel all free software, which bsd has problems with at times. lvm2+software raid 10 makes zfs irrelevant. bsd and solaris cant compete arch obsoletes deadrat u bung 2 and dweebian and rest of linuxes you cant upgrade solaris or bsd accross versions in binary; bsd ports cause endless compiles; solaris unstable due to patching and bloat, linux better threads
Im getting really frustrated with this, especially now that I'm convinced that I don't want to use any other distro - Im getting a problem immediately at the beginning of the install where you choose what source you're using to install: CD or NET. Most vids, people's screen give only the "eth0" option for NET install. Well i'm getting only "wlan0". That'd be fine, but you CANT connect to wifi that early in the installation. How do i get it to use the ethernet cable?
@natpjohsnon if your wired ethernet isn't picking up, it's entirely possible the drivers were not available in the kernel when the ISO you have was created. What sort of wired ethernet do you have? (you should be able to tell in any Linux distro by typing "lspci" in the terminal and looking for "ethernet")
When I installed Arch on my new MacBook Pro, I had to download a newer ISO and do the net install because the broadcom eth0 (and wireless, of course) weren't supported in the older kernel.
@natpjohsnon The latest ISO they have available on that site, as far as I know, is from May 2010. They really need to make a newer one easily available.
When I installed on my MBP, I used the "Archboot" disc. If you go into any of the repositories on the download page down at the bottom, go into the "archboot" directory, pick the latest one (2011.06, in this case), and download the iso in that directory. seems to be about 675mb.
Thanks, I used that cd and the whole install went great; only problem, is now when I boot up it just says "GRUB" and wont let me type anything to fix it :(
@natpjohsnon I'm pretty sure you can setup wireless networking before you go into the install. Google around for connecting to wifi via command line in Linux and you should be golden.
I have had too many problems attempting to install Arch :( For some reason no matter what, I install it without an issue and it boots up. But Pacman always gives the error "Can't find root core".
If you could help me figure out how to make Pacman work, I'd be very thankful! I've always wanted to try this distro.
Currently installing this in virtualbox. I recommend everyone to download the core iso instead of the net iso. Why? Because core has the packages ready, net downloads them, but i couldn't connect to the server for some reason.
@joddymixman The closest things I do to get better fonts in Arch is to install ttf-dejavu, ttf-freefont, and ttf-liberation. That basically covers my needs. You can get the ubuntu-fonts in the AUR (Arch User Repository). Also look at the ArchWiki for font information.
I am a daily user of the 64 bit version of arch linux and I found an amazing pacman/aur seemless wrapper called packer. Commands are the same the only thing you need to use anything else for is to remove packages.
It's so nice when you have direct connection to the Internet, but I have just a USB 3G modem so...I need usb_modeswitch, wvstreams, wvdial, tcl etc. to install...well...
Thanks for all your reviews! I'm learning and enjoying much from this channel.....
I'm just about to install and try arch linux but I need your opinion. I prefer a fast OS and gnome shell looks nice and seems practical but I'm not sure if it's going to be as fast as gnome 2x. What do think about this??
@boina011 Well, if you possess a computer with sufficient specs it won't matter. Gnome-shell runs extremely smooth and finding, starting applications goes really fast, the renewed way of interaction instead of the old fashioned menubar's has been cleverly developed. Most of the time, I run/manage my computer using the command line. That said, for comparison, I have an Dell XPS 15, i7 2720QM, 8GB ram. I'm using intel video drivers even though I have an Nvidia 540M, but that's for later.
@joddymixman I'm probably not the best person to ask. I'm extremely loose when it comes to font rendering. It's rare that I pay attention to it, and it's even more rare that I use writer and/or KDE. :P
That is something I dont understand about some linux users and somethig that I try to make my point at Lubuntu denvelopers comunity. If i am a user I want everything working on my computer!! I want to see videos, listen music, online radio, open any kind of web page. Distros not easy to use will be always underground, microsoft will be always on top! hope you guys know what I mean..
@fabiofloripa159 it's called "choice", my friend. If a distro wants to compete with Windows and OS X, they automate everything, preinstall codecs, drivers, applications, etc.
Arch, however, is not one of those distros. The goal of Arch is to be simple and lightweight.
If you want all of the things you mentioned out of the box, Linux Mint, PCLinuxOS, Pinguy OS, etc. are great options. Some people don't.
@fabiofloripa159 Arch isn't trying to become a Windows/OSX competitor. It's geared mainly toward people who like to build their system from the ground up and customize it to their needs. If you just want a ready-made distro that does all your stuff out of the box, use Ubuntu or something.
@fabiofloripa159 Well, theres always space for geeky distros. And we have Ubuntu, Mint, OpenSuse, Mandriva - for the folks, who whant the stuff 'out of the box'. Though, to tell the truth Im not very happy with Arch at the moment. Theres pretty much to learn. After being 2 years on Debian stable its rather difficult to tune in.
I installed Arch Linux on a virtual machine this morning. Took me about 30 minutes to install and configure SLiM & XFCE4. You should always remember to set your /etc/inittab to enter Run level 5 on boot as well. Not entirely used to Arch Linux yet, but so far it's amazingly quick and strong as an iron anvil. :D
lol that didn't go to well, I had no problem with the command line interface, but I have my hard drive partitioned with windows and I needed to keep my windows partition intact so I can use it for certain programs. I found no easy way to do that with arch, but I probably didn't put enough effort into it. I just went back to 10.04 ubuntu.
hey man I've been watching you for a bit now, subscribed and watch every video you put out. I 've been using ubuntu for a couple years now and then upgraded to that horrid thing they are calling 11.04 and was going to just go back to 10.10, but then an idea popped into my head to install arch, I'm downloading it now, I'll let you know how it works out
Well, all I can say is - Why the hell didn't I try this sooner!!
As a relatively new linux user, I've been testing out a number of distros for a couple of months now. All of them had their pro's and con's but none seemed to be what I was looking for (not that I really knew).
Arch is an abolute bloody marvel!! For the first time I can tailor a system to my exact needs and have a lot of fun doing so. Contrary to common belief, it's also the best distro for beginners - you learn so much.
Hello, umm i got a simple question... in Mint i type sudo halt, and my comp shuts down, in Arch i have to type sudo /sbin/halt how can i make it work by just typing "halt" or "reboot" instead of the whole path??
@91jmda edit ~/.bashrc then enter in any line "alias reboot='sudo /sbin/halt' you can also make other alias for any other commands, like "alias ls='ls --color=auto'" of course without the double quotations but keep the single ones in. my favorites are variations of "alias install='sudo pacman -S'" anything is possible :)
@91jmda No idea, I double posted and removed the 2nd post. Who knows, either way hop over to the arch forums for more help. I just happen chance stumbled upon this video while looking at his Sabayon review. Either way, proud to be an Arch user.
pretty well video thnx
MegaBmj 2 days ago
Review Bodhi Linux
deadsparticus 6 days ago
How well does Steam run on there (the client and the games)?
NJdaniels96 2 weeks ago
I love this distro!
99blackhorse99 2 weeks ago
I've got the Acer Aspire One 522, and with each Distro I've been trying I get the same issue, I try to connect to my wifi (no security because its not mine it's my foolish inlaws) and the system crashes. Would Arch be a good bet to get it working?
Ebonrook 2 weeks ago
@Ebonrook From looking at the Ubuntu wiki, it looks like the 522 has worked for a little while with few issues. Might check out this page, it has some info on keeping wireless working: help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne522
thisweekinlinux 2 weeks ago
@thisweekinlinux Ah I see a fix (I think) for the big issue I was having with Ubuntu, when I searched for this I couldn't find it. So you are my savior! Just to check, NetBoot would be the Network Boot option wouldn't it? That makes sense right?
Thanks again dude ^^
Ebonrook 2 weeks ago
@Ebonrook I believe so, yes. However, I was referring to the "Random Wireless Disconnects" section of that page. Might help as well (talks about blacklisting something broadcom related)
thisweekinlinux 2 weeks ago
@thisweekinlinux Oh yeah I am gonna do that as well, it's just that I kept crashing at Login which is why I had to try other Distros to begin with! Also - Tried Arch, followed instructions and for some reason the usb boot wouldn't load the menu *sigh*
Ebonrook 2 weeks ago
I may switch from Ubuntu. I love the bar from unity but it logs me out at random now whenever i do anything involving flash x-x. Im thinking gnome looks a lot better.
LivingInEnvy 2 weeks ago
Arch works great, and leaves most of the choices in the hands of the user. I.E. Arch is not focused on forcing the user's of various open source and not so open source software into a particular box. The documentation is online. annoyingly enough you must install the kernel documentation seperately from the kernel sources.
v01d4d3pt 1 month ago
arch linux looks great, I tried Ubunto alot of time, and it always fail for some reason,
and freezes and slowWW, which made me just dont want to install Linux anyway, until I tried Fedora, and it went very well, I really dont know why, is it my luck with Ubuntu or me,
TheMasterAbdul 1 month ago
I am trying to install a intel pro/wireless 2200 BG I have been through the forums,but i can't make it or anything???Any Ideas?
SlaptMan 1 month ago
How do you know if someone uses arch linux?
They will tell you.
ONEBlackJellyFish 1 month ago
you can install packer or yaourt there are alot for the AUR
xmodrock 1 month ago
Spot on review. Sums Arch up. Great accurate review
thecombinationkid 1 month ago
Actually, the statement about Arch being at the latest, most bleeding-edge version is not entirely true. The Arch Linux developers only include packages that have been released upstream. The GNU Image Manipulation Program 2.7 has yet to be released upstream, which is why the Arch Linux developers have yet to include it.
tehandroidmaster 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
Actually, after re-watching this video, I've found out that GNOME Packagekit was moved from the AUR and is now available in the official community repository :D
tehandroidmaster 1 month ago
I've just set up Arch Linux a few hours ago. One word of caution, do NOT use the core install images. You must also be careful when upgrading, as Arch Linux is literally a bleeding edge system. If you upgrade EVERYTHING, it might be possible that an update breaks your system.
tehandroidmaster 1 month ago
Now that GNOME has turned into crap, at least IMHO, what DE would you recommend? I'm sort of conflicted between LXDE and KDE. Awesome videos BTW.
cubemike99 2 months ago in playlist Distro Information
@cubemike99 Gnome 3 is ok, but a bit heavy/slow... On my older machine at home, I switched from Gnome 3 to XFCE, and have been very pleased so far.
thisweekinlinux 2 months ago
@thisweekinlinux
I personally just never updated from Gnome 2, it was at it's prime. Gnome 3 is just too tablet-y. Lots of wasted space.
MrMakeman 1 day ago
@cubemike99 +1 for XFCE
bazzaah 2 months ago
@cubemike99 +2 for XFCE
nw0n 2 months ago
@cubemike99 openbox. no desktop. fast. simple. no wasted screen realestate. use tilda for a dropdown console. use conky to print system stats on the desktop
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa78815 1 month ago
@cubemike99 use LTS until gnome matures. it's the same answer I would have given before 7 came out (use xp)
Garegin 1 month ago
@cubemike99 I use Openbox and will recommend that. It's technically a WM, not DE though.
shadyabhi 1 month ago
@cubemike99 MATE
CaptainHollyShort 2 weeks ago
i really miss these..
bamdadkhan 2 months ago 8
Windows > Arch anyday.
ONEBlackJellyFish 2 months ago
@ONEBlackJellyFish find some other place to flame.
maxisara1 2 months ago
@ONEBlackJellyFish thats funny
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa78815 1 month ago
I'm comfortable with Ubuntu and I'm ready to move father in Linux. Any ideas?
N174D 2 months ago
@N174D Backtrack is fun, even though I don't know how to use any of the features.
MclovinDicks 2 months ago
@N174D try debian or sabayon
maxisara1 2 months ago
@N174D I would recomand to try Debian, but if you want to rush, Slackware, Gentoo, or LFS!
merkur32123 2 months ago
@N174D Crunchbang, based on Openbox, their is however a little bit of a learning curve to it. And it uses a little over 200 mb on my system with chrome and libreoffice writer open.
DARTHZANRUIT 2 months ago
@N174D are you sure your father wants you to move him in linux?
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa78815 1 month ago
So is Arch debian or rpm or both?
reingrady 2 months ago
@reingrady sort of both and neither. it uses its own package manager, "pacman" to manage packages. The PKGBUILDs (installation scripts) for pacman can accept rpm or deb files, if I remember correctly as well as binary files (.bin, .run), scripts, source code, etc.
thisweekinlinux 2 months ago
@reingrady no. as in negatory.
v01d4d3pt 1 month ago
I replaced Xubuntu on my laptop with Arch by deleting everything off my / other than my /home (My HDD is small so I keep everything on one partition) and then following the Install From Existing Linux steps on the wiki using my Arch USB stick.
FreeFireFull 3 months ago
Very nice review. Thanks!
anakletor 3 months ago
"an amazing distro that can be anything you want it to be, as long as you follow directions"
I'd say, as long as you are ready to learn. Just be prepared to the fact that before you get things working you'll have to understand how they're supposed to work because 90% setup is manual. Read package news before updating your system - it's bleeding edge and it'll bleed you if you're careless. And think twice before clearing package cache. Study and be cautious, and you'll be all right.
aleclitvinov 3 months ago
I think I'm in love with Arch...
jmac217x 3 months ago
Steam?
g3orgeapp 3 months ago
@g3orgeapp yep
jmac217x 3 months ago
Who uses command line executions anymore!! Stay with Windows.
sok8888 3 months ago
@sok8888 people who want to improve their productivity :) Quiz: how fast can you search a bunch of csv files for a keyword, display the filename where the keyword was found, extract the column and show 2 lines before and after the keywords was found. All of this using a mouse in GUI?
vvvlladdd 3 months ago
@sok8888 why spend ages looking through files and folders when you can get it sorted in one command
benzcool000000 3 months ago
I thought it was pronounced "Arc"
KoltTv 4 months ago
Arch FTW!
The wiki is very thorough and walks you through things step-by-step, so you may get told to RTFM if you haven't done so.
However, if your problem isn't as basic as a failure to read, then you will find Archers go above and beyond to help you. I've gone into the IRC channel at all hours of the day or night and someone's always been able to provide help.
I also love Pacman, and the AUR. I've used Debian, Suse, and Gentoo before, and Arch's package management system is the best.
bewareofsnow 4 months ago
@bewareofsnow But don't you miss aptitude's package tree interface? I have tried to find a wrapper for pacman that would let me compare the options before actually installing apps, without success so far. I mean the opportunity to see for example all the dependencies when choosing between 3 or 4 programs with similar features.
aleclitvinov 3 months ago
Arch is one of the best distributions.
To people who complain: RTFM, STFU, RTFM again and eventually you will be smarter.
karlkeskyla 4 months ago
one of the best distros, and the one i am using right now :D Pacman v. 4
ilikewebm 4 months ago
I disagree with your views of the community. The community has been helpful and i haven't got any bad experienced. Yet :D
webmastertool 4 months ago
Hello TWL thanks for the review. I have tried several times just install Arch but failed. Its not my kind of stuff. So i abandoned it, but after your review "I would like to give it a shot" (as you say)
prajullas 4 months ago
Arch sucks COCK
sonicfanatic4949 5 months ago
Review ArchHurd!
merkur32123 5 months ago
what slim configuration are you guy's talking about?
tried it yesterday, did pacman -S slim and it worked without any configuration, i even installed arch theme..
i was using openbox btw..
milomird 5 months ago
I was once a fan of do everything manually/yourself distributions such as minimal Debian, Arch or even Gentoo. Then of course I wondered - why spend time doing all this yourself when you can get a distro which has all of this done by a team of people who most likely know what they are doing at least as well as you. Unless you are a sysadmin (I'm a mathematician/engineer) why spend all that time? Or spend time compiling even though self compiled programs aren't really noticeably faster.
kotapaka 5 months ago
@kotapaka So you can learn how to do it yourself, learn how your system works, for fun, for an extremely customized system, for an extremely fast system, etc. I love being able to customize my system to the bone, and I enjoy doing it. And I'm learning how to do stuff at the same time, so I don't have to rely on others for everything and can help others out.
And nobody knows what I want to do with my system as much as me.
thesk8rman765 5 months ago
@onlycicala Arch is actually very enjoyable. I just switched to it last weekend from ubuntu (don't like its 1104 which probably is the direction that ubuntu is going). I found that what ever question that you may have probably got answered already on the forum. Give it a go. It gives you so many new perspectives on your system.
nimitzhunter 6 months ago
how strong is the community of arch at the moment?, I'm thinking of switching my current OS to this, and maybe add Windows on dual at a later date....
onlycicala 6 months ago
I ran Arch for three years, and can echo your impressions regarding their docs--very thorough and accurate. Never had a problem finding software, and their "pacman" package manager seemed to do a pretty good job at resolving dependencies.
I was running a fairly complex setup, with two flavors of software RAID, non-standard partitioning, GNOME w/ Compiz for look-n-feel, etc. The only thing I didn't like: the release model--updates tended to break the build if you let it get out of sync.
stevebesc1 6 months ago
Beauteful pronounciation !!! You are the best teller ever =)
... Tells things everyone knows, but so fascinating ...
BRANDMOUER 6 months ago
@BRANDMOUER he's also very cute ;-)
ravenousjerboa 6 months ago
Yaourt = Yoghurt in French :)
thatguy11111000 6 months ago
The Arch Way <3
Technocian 6 months ago
Hi to all... I d like to say that arch its just amazing.
I used mint(based on ubuntu and just a fantastic distro, expecially for beginners... like me) for about a year on my acer laptop and a week ago i switched to arch.
the installation can seem difficult but its not, if you can read than you install it sucessfully on you machine cause the wiki, documentation and forum have no equals in my opinion.
when you set up everything you got a powerful, fast, beatiful and easy of use distro. try it
111190mb 6 months ago
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Deliciousfruit233 6 months ago
lol i installed arch the first time when i was twelve years old...and english is not my native language
nw0n 7 months ago
how can i speed up my internet? my max is 79kb/s as ive seen
but ive seen others with like 180kbs-800kbs/s
TeruMikami2345 7 months ago
@TeruMikami2345 Change the ISP.
MisterJ4512 7 months ago
@MisterJ4512 how do u do that?
TeruMikami2345 7 months ago
@TeruMikami2345 And now Im being serious: you can either change your internet ports which you should search on the internet OR you should go to your Internet service provider (the guys that your internet bills to) and quit the contract with them and search another ones.
MisterJ4512 7 months ago
@MisterJ4512 my father pays for the internet and he doesn't want anything faster because all he needs is news and Facebook, but he doesnt consider that he has different members of the family that have other needs for the internet like download files, it took over 2 hours to download any iso image
TeruMikami2345 7 months ago
if i want the arch logo in the top left corner as my activitys butten (or media butten or what ever0 what gui do i install?
mysticNTN 7 months ago
Since I am a liux n00b I will run Arch in a virtual machine on Virtualbox first.
WE51DE 7 months ago
I got all the way up to the point in Arch when I had XFCE installed. You might be thinking WOW youre basically done!
Well no. I then installed a login screen(Slim) and thats where everything fell apart. Suddenly my computer stopped reading from my modem so I couldn't download anything. Not to mention my log in screen told me no so i had to use 'sudo startxfce4' to get graphical. I then found out that GRUB did something to my windows boot loader
If you think you're ready for arch: you aren't =\
ForeverWiked 7 months ago
@ForeverWiked I tried Slim one time, as a part of the ArchBang installation, and it failed spectacularly. I tend to stick with GDM at this point.
thisweekinlinux 7 months ago
@thisweekinlinux I use slim on a daily basis on one of my arch machines with no problem whatsoever, although I do prefer gdm.
robvelor 6 months ago
@thisweekinlinux I agree, I had a lot of problems with slim and bang in general. I still find that you should just go with arch and do what you want from there. Also, wasn't huge fan of bang..
Rukiri89 4 months ago
@thisweekinlinux I use slim on a regular basis on my laptop with no problem. I've set it up to log in with openbox, fluxbox, gnome, kde, awesome, enlightment all installed at the same time with no problem whatsoever. On arch by the way.
robvelor 4 months ago
@ForeverWiked using "startxfce4" is alot more secure and effective than having every little bit of GUI upon boot.
Technocian 6 months ago
@ForeverWiked Slim works well, but you need to spend some time and brain activity to configure it. Firstly i had LOTS of problems with Slim, i failed lots of times while configuring it. But once i found "working" configuration and i'm using it up to the present time.
zzibbertt 6 months ago
@ForeverWiked
Slim is a pretty dumb login manager. You need to have your startx command include ck-launch-session, not sure about your side effects.
WorBlux 6 months ago
@WorBlux
Also need to remove a part of a line in one of the PAM configuration files.
WorBlux 6 months ago
@ForeverWiked Login managers are not even necessary, at least I don't have any use for them.
nawitus 5 months ago
@ForeverWiked Perhaps you shouldn't go for the most complicated setup you could think of on your first install. Ok, it's not necessarily the most complicated one. But just GNOME or KDE might have been much simpler than that.
CedsHouse 1 month ago
Hi, I'd like to ask, how does Steam run? Is it bad? Can you play games well enough? Even the resource heavy ones?
Also, would I be able to run Photoshop? I own CS5, the 32bit windows version.
Terabytekit 7 months ago
@Terabytekit I haven't run Steam (or anything else) in Wine in a long time. I was able to play Left4Dead and L4D2, as well as Half Life 2 pretty well on my old laptop though. It was a core2duo, 2gb RAM, Nvidia 128mb graphics. Not amazing performance or anything, but it ran pretty well.
I've heard that Photoshop runs well in Wine, but I haven't tried.
thisweekinlinux 7 months ago
I was wondering if it is possible once you set everything up to make a kind of snapshot-image so when you mess everything up you put the cd in and rebuild that exact system again. That would be soo great Thanks for an answer.
Shinedown51287 7 months ago in playlist Linux Stuff
@Shinedown51287 There are a couple of options there. There's an app called "larch" that will take a snapshot and I think make an ISO for you, kind of like Remastersys for Ubuntu. You can also just make a backup of a list of all the packages you've got installed, and back up the config files you've changed by hand. Not as friendly, but it would work.
thisweekinlinux 7 months ago
@thisweekinlinux Thank you very much I will check it out soon. Thank you for all your videos. With them and a couple of others It was good material to get started with linux.
Shinedown51287 7 months ago
@Shinedown51287 i use the dd command. I have a "hotrod netbook" - Asus Eee 901 with SSD storage formatted to lzo-compressed btrfs. Since I don't think it's a stable setup, I backup the system to an USB-attached HDD at least twice a week, and keep a "rescue" ArchBang flash drive. I never had to restore it after real problems but I managed to clone my system on another Eee 901 though not without some weird mistakes I had to correct.
aleclitvinov 3 months ago
hmmm so its kinda like a build your own system sort of thing. That sounds cool on one hand, but a pain in the ass on another.
ForeverWiked 7 months ago
@ForeverWiked absolutely correct. if you just need a quick system up and running in no time with no thought, something else would probably be best. If you are comfortable and knowledgeable about the Arch install process, it's no big deal. If you have a little time to devote to setting it up though, it's definitely worthwhile.
thisweekinlinux 7 months ago
I guess what I'm trying to say is ... I don't want to try using Arch until I'm at the level where I can understand the documentation. I am nowhere near that level .. but I really do want to learn. I just don't know *what* I need to learn.
TokedStokedMusic 7 months ago
@TokedStokedMusic The biggest thing, in my experience, is to gain a level of comfort with the terminal / command line. I've put out a couple of videos on using the terminal, and there are loads of websites with helpful commands (@climagic on twitter is an awesome guy). Basically, the Arch wiki's "Beginner's guide" is much more simple if you feel comfortable working from a terminal only.
thisweekinlinux 7 months ago
QUESTION:
I've read the wiki. It reads like Chinese to me.
What would you recommend I do / read / study that would get me to the point where I can comprehend what the beginners guide is even saying? Because as it is ... nothing on there means anything to me. It's gibberish. I want to learn, but I don't know where to start.
TokedStokedMusic 7 months ago
Douglas Adams and Dune in the background? That's good enough for an upvote from me, man.
cephalopod113 7 months ago
New Arch User: Hey, how do I make this Arch thing connect to the Internet?
User Forums: Read the f*ing manual idiot!
New User: But there is no manual.
User Forums: Well then go look on the User Forums you f*ing idiot!
New User: But I am on the User Forums and I am asking.
User Forums: Well you shouldn't have come here, you f*ing idiot! Go read the f*ing manual you idiot!
JesusManson323 7 months ago
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glowcode 7 months ago
@joddymixman Try looking at the Fonts and Font Configuration pages on the Arch Linux wiki. I can't give you any screenshots, sorry, but there are fontconfig etc. packages in the AUR with Ubuntu patches. If you have VirtualBox/VMware or something, maybe you could give it a try there
qwertypimpin 8 months ago
nice and informative.. Arch is getting better day by day.... Its still the fastest out there
maxx666mayhem 8 months ago
archlinux is the greatest curent os. BSd can't match it upgradeability in all binary, and its recent packages, and its ability to compiel all free software, which bsd has problems with at times. lvm2+software raid 10 makes zfs irrelevant. bsd and solaris cant compete arch obsoletes deadrat u bung 2 and dweebian and rest of linuxes you cant upgrade solaris or bsd accross versions in binary; bsd ports cause endless compiles; solaris unstable due to patching and bloat, linux better threads
bootiack 8 months ago
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natpjohsnon 8 months ago
Im getting really frustrated with this, especially now that I'm convinced that I don't want to use any other distro - Im getting a problem immediately at the beginning of the install where you choose what source you're using to install: CD or NET. Most vids, people's screen give only the "eth0" option for NET install. Well i'm getting only "wlan0". That'd be fine, but you CANT connect to wifi that early in the installation. How do i get it to use the ethernet cable?
natpjohsnon 8 months ago
@natpjohsnon if your wired ethernet isn't picking up, it's entirely possible the drivers were not available in the kernel when the ISO you have was created. What sort of wired ethernet do you have? (you should be able to tell in any Linux distro by typing "lspci" in the terminal and looking for "ethernet")
When I installed Arch on my new MacBook Pro, I had to download a newer ISO and do the net install because the broadcom eth0 (and wireless, of course) weren't supported in the older kernel.
thisweekinlinux 8 months ago
@thisweekinlinux
yes, its broadcom, but I'm getting my iso from the top of the downloads page for 64 bit. Do they have newer iso's than that?
natpjohsnon 8 months ago
@natpjohsnon The latest ISO they have available on that site, as far as I know, is from May 2010. They really need to make a newer one easily available.
When I installed on my MBP, I used the "Archboot" disc. If you go into any of the repositories on the download page down at the bottom, go into the "archboot" directory, pick the latest one (2011.06, in this case), and download the iso in that directory. seems to be about 675mb.
thisweekinlinux 8 months ago
@thisweekinlinux
Thanks, I used that cd and the whole install went great; only problem, is now when I boot up it just says "GRUB" and wont let me type anything to fix it :(
natpjohsnon 8 months ago
@natpjohsnon I'm pretty sure you can setup wireless networking before you go into the install. Google around for connecting to wifi via command line in Linux and you should be golden.
adamkaminskidotcom 7 months ago
@adamkaminskidotcom
Yeah, but I was using an older Arch cd so it wasnt loading my new internet card. I've got a full working Arch install now, love it.
natpjohsnon 7 months ago
my laptop with 64mb is now running arch linux smooth with openbox, a panel, tilda and some more stuff! its amazing
superhenk18 8 months ago
Hey have you done any slackware distro's yet i would really like to see one before i install that OS.
masonkill1 8 months ago
I have had too many problems attempting to install Arch :( For some reason no matter what, I install it without an issue and it boots up. But Pacman always gives the error "Can't find root core".
If you could help me figure out how to make Pacman work, I'd be very thankful! I've always wanted to try this distro.
SebastienCade 8 months ago
this looks great! but i feel like it's too much power for a newbie like me xD
Arcadiax91 8 months ago
Currently installing this in virtualbox. I recommend everyone to download the core iso instead of the net iso. Why? Because core has the packages ready, net downloads them, but i couldn't connect to the server for some reason.
Nikotiini69 8 months ago
@joddymixman The closest things I do to get better fonts in Arch is to install ttf-dejavu, ttf-freefont, and ttf-liberation. That basically covers my needs. You can get the ubuntu-fonts in the AUR (Arch User Repository). Also look at the ArchWiki for font information.
FearedBliss 9 months ago
I am a daily user of the 64 bit version of arch linux and I found an amazing pacman/aur seemless wrapper called packer. Commands are the same the only thing you need to use anything else for is to remove packages.
braydon111111 9 months ago
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lol my mom is goin to by us an abunta this week im so excited,
heaheaheaa 9 months ago
It's so nice when you have direct connection to the Internet, but I have just a USB 3G modem so...I need usb_modeswitch, wvstreams, wvdial, tcl etc. to install...well...
horizondll 9 months ago
Thanks for all your reviews! I'm learning and enjoying much from this channel.....
I'm just about to install and try arch linux but I need your opinion. I prefer a fast OS and gnome shell looks nice and seems practical but I'm not sure if it's going to be as fast as gnome 2x. What do think about this??
boina011 9 months ago
@boina011 Well, if you possess a computer with sufficient specs it won't matter. Gnome-shell runs extremely smooth and finding, starting applications goes really fast, the renewed way of interaction instead of the old fashioned menubar's has been cleverly developed. Most of the time, I run/manage my computer using the command line. That said, for comparison, I have an Dell XPS 15, i7 2720QM, 8GB ram. I'm using intel video drivers even though I have an Nvidia 540M, but that's for later.
avdmeers 8 months ago
would Chakra be a good way to test Arch with an easy installation?
FMLbot 9 months ago
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BloodyRevolution1 9 months ago
@joddymixman I'm probably not the best person to ask. I'm extremely loose when it comes to font rendering. It's rare that I pay attention to it, and it's even more rare that I use writer and/or KDE. :P
thisweekinlinux 9 months ago
Hey Jordan, I added your review to the Arch Wiki's Press Coverage page ;D
FearedBliss 9 months ago
@FearedBliss lol, thanks. :)
thisweekinlinux 9 months ago
That is something I dont understand about some linux users and somethig that I try to make my point at Lubuntu denvelopers comunity. If i am a user I want everything working on my computer!! I want to see videos, listen music, online radio, open any kind of web page. Distros not easy to use will be always underground, microsoft will be always on top! hope you guys know what I mean..
fabiofloripa159 9 months ago
@fabiofloripa159 it's called "choice", my friend. If a distro wants to compete with Windows and OS X, they automate everything, preinstall codecs, drivers, applications, etc.
Arch, however, is not one of those distros. The goal of Arch is to be simple and lightweight.
If you want all of the things you mentioned out of the box, Linux Mint, PCLinuxOS, Pinguy OS, etc. are great options. Some people don't.
thisweekinlinux 9 months ago 21
@fabiofloripa159 Arch isn't trying to become a Windows/OSX competitor. It's geared mainly toward people who like to build their system from the ground up and customize it to their needs. If you just want a ready-made distro that does all your stuff out of the box, use Ubuntu or something.
Deliciousfruit233 8 months ago
@fabiofloripa159 Well, theres always space for geeky distros. And we have Ubuntu, Mint, OpenSuse, Mandriva - for the folks, who whant the stuff 'out of the box'. Though, to tell the truth Im not very happy with Arch at the moment. Theres pretty much to learn. After being 2 years on Debian stable its rather difficult to tune in.
humpaul1 6 months ago
nice review, just one question, do you use wine to run steam? thanks
MacooSVK 9 months ago
@MacooSVK I have in the past. Haven't touched it in a while though.
thisweekinlinux 9 months ago
Ubuntu with Unity looks great, IMO. but I'm still waiting gor Gnome 3 to me in 11.10. lets see how that works out :)
bobiscool07 9 months ago
I installed Arch Linux on a virtual machine this morning. Took me about 30 minutes to install and configure SLiM & XFCE4. You should always remember to set your /etc/inittab to enter Run level 5 on boot as well. Not entirely used to Arch Linux yet, but so far it's amazingly quick and strong as an iron anvil. :D
SlashWannabe94 9 months ago
lol that didn't go to well, I had no problem with the command line interface, but I have my hard drive partitioned with windows and I needed to keep my windows partition intact so I can use it for certain programs. I found no easy way to do that with arch, but I probably didn't put enough effort into it. I just went back to 10.04 ubuntu.
jeff30458 9 months ago
hey man I've been watching you for a bit now, subscribed and watch every video you put out. I 've been using ubuntu for a couple years now and then upgraded to that horrid thing they are calling 11.04 and was going to just go back to 10.10, but then an idea popped into my head to install arch, I'm downloading it now, I'll let you know how it works out
jeff30458 10 months ago
Steam?
theif519 10 months ago
I like your presentation. Neat and up to the point. Have you not heard of Pardus. Its a well polished Distro without much attention.
prajullas 10 months ago
I like your presentation. Neat and up to the point. Have you not heard of Pardus. Its a well polished Distro without much attention.
prajullas 10 months ago
Well, all I can say is - Why the hell didn't I try this sooner!!
As a relatively new linux user, I've been testing out a number of distros for a couple of months now. All of them had their pro's and con's but none seemed to be what I was looking for (not that I really knew).
Arch is an abolute bloody marvel!! For the first time I can tailor a system to my exact needs and have a lot of fun doing so. Contrary to common belief, it's also the best distro for beginners - you learn so much.
AlaCarcuss 10 months ago
Thank you .. im surely gonna try out arch cuz of this video. may be install it as a primary OS. yes im impressed ! :)
always4saif 10 months ago
Great Arch review. Have you done Slackware yet? If not, 13.37 just came out; it might be a good opportunity to review it :)
chulek88 10 months ago
what theme is that?
Benc1213 10 months ago
@Benc1213 it's called "Black Diamond". Found it in the AUR.
thisweekinlinux 10 months ago
@thisweekinlinux that is a nice theme. I'm going to try it out.
BTW thanks a ton for the Arch tutorial and review. I've installed it and love it. Don't think I would have bothered if it wasn't for your videos.
joe4ska 10 months ago
have you tried installing this on the cr-48 yet?
LobsterTex 10 months ago
Have you got enough penguins?
Pickledeggs3000 10 months ago
@Pickledeggs3000 no. I need about a dozen more.
thisweekinlinux 10 months ago 10
Hello, umm i got a simple question... in Mint i type sudo halt, and my comp shuts down, in Arch i have to type sudo /sbin/halt how can i make it work by just typing "halt" or "reboot" instead of the whole path??
91jmda 10 months ago
@91jmda go to a terminal and type in "echo $PATH" and make sure /sbin is somewhere in there. You might have to edit your profile's path to add it in.
thisweekinlinux 10 months ago
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fshin604 9 months ago
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@91jmda edit ~/.bashrc then enter in any line "alias reboot='sudo /sbin/halt' you can also make other alias for any other commands, like "alias ls='ls --color=auto'" of course without the double quotations but keep the single ones in. my favorites are variations of "alias install='sudo pacman -S'" anything is possible :)
fshin604 9 months ago
@fshin604 Oh, wow thats very good info! thanks man! =D why is ur comment flagged as spam anyways??? figure that out when u can dude.
91jmda 9 months ago
@91jmda No idea, I double posted and removed the 2nd post. Who knows, either way hop over to the arch forums for more help. I just happen chance stumbled upon this video while looking at his Sabayon review. Either way, proud to be an Arch user.
fshin604 9 months ago
pacman= package(pac) manager(man)
demonstrator56 10 months ago
@demonstrator56 You gotta be kiddin" me! I thought It"s just the ussual pacman. You ruined my world :(
AllioneEtR 10 months ago
@AllioneEtR hehe i note your sarcasm...i like pointing out the obvious
demonstrator56 9 months ago
@demonstrator56 You're welcome ;-D And I am glad you got it instead of being rude and angry :) (sometimes people are ;-D)
AllioneEtR 9 months ago
@AllioneEtR :D
demonstrator56 9 months ago
I will consider installing this if it has support for the Broadcom STA driver
91jmda 10 months ago
@91jmda technically, the STA driver should work on most distros. Just did a quick check, and it seems it's in the AUR, called "broadcom-wl".
thisweekinlinux 10 months ago
@thisweekinlinux oh thanks man! =D i wish there was linux ppl like u where I live, most of them are Windows users xD ( i live in Puerto Rico )
91jmda 10 months ago
I love you.
blacksiddis 10 months ago
@blacksiddis SSSHHH!!! My wife will see. :P
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