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Any Archlinux users in here?

  • 11-10-2009 9:50pm
    #1
    Mathiasb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭


    I've found Archlinux ( www.archlinux.org ) to be the distro for me - rolling release and a "Keep It Simple, Stupid" philosofy suits me well.

    Any other Archers around?


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  • #2
    dioltas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭dioltas


    I was until my hard drive died a few months ago!


  • #3
    kierank01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 720 ✭✭✭kierank01


    yes, one here.

    I like the way all the apps are vanilla, with no ubuntu tinkering.


  • #4
    dioltas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭dioltas


    Just installing it on my new hard drive now! Out of interest, what WM/DE do ye use with it?

    I used fluxbox for my old system and it was very responsive (and had the advantage of people not being able to use it :D). Thinking of going for something bulkier this time. I'm kinda sick of Gnome, but I think I might give KDE a go.

    I'm not that big a fan of xfce either for some reason. If KDE is too slow, I'll just go back to flux.


  • #5
    Mathiasb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭Mathiasb


    I'm using openbox myself:

    200910241351261440x900s.th.png


  • #6
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    [bias]Slackware ftw![/bias]

    Arch is a pretty nice, simple system though. The Pacman source code is really
    quite readable. Good if you want to get a conceptual model of how
    to implement a real package manager with dep checking and such.

    So yeah, I do like Arch.


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  • #7
    kierank01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 720 ✭✭✭kierank01


    dioltas wrote: »
    Just installing it on my new hard drive now! Out of interest, what WM/DE do ye use with it?

    I used fluxbox for my old system and it was very responsive (and had the advantage of people not being able to use it :D). Thinking of going for something bulkier this time. I'm kinda sick of Gnome, but I think I might give KDE a go.

    I'm not that big a fan of xfce either for some reason. If KDE is too slow, I'll just go back to flux.

    kde all the way


  • #8
    Naikon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭Naikon


    kierank01 wrote: »
    kde all the way

    KDE rules:)


  • #9
    Mathiasb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭Mathiasb


    I've come back and forth to KDE - but I get disappointed every time of the performance. (I have an NVIDIA card so I don't blame the KDE guys)

    When NVIDIA fixes this (not fixed with 190.42) I might give it another shot.


  • #10
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    KDE is still sluggish around the windows manager, maybe its just my NVIDIA gfx card.

    I've gotten lxde the way i like it.

    But yea, no more distro hopping(hopefully)


  • #11
    Jiri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭Jiri


    I am an ArchLinux user too.
    For 2 years already


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