Arch Linux is a lightweight, flexible and simple Linux Distribution which is targeted at competent GNU/Linux users. Its Development focuses on a balance of minimalism, elegance, code correctness and modernity. It provides a minimal environment upon installation, (no GUI), already compiled and optimized for i686/x86-64 architectures.
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Arch Linux 2010.05 arrives
The latest 2010.05 images of Arch Linux feature the 2.6.33.4 Linux kernel and a number of updates and bug fixes over the previous 2009.08 release from August of last year
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GNU HURD in April 2010
A month of the Hurd: Arch Hurd, updated Debian GNU/Hurd QEMU image, and GSoC students.
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Arch Linux lost one of its biggest contributors
Jan Mette (funkyou) passed away of as-yet unknown causes. Jan was a major contributor to the Arch Linux community, the creator of KDEmod and a founding member of the Chakra team.
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A Future Opening
As I look through DistroWatch's list, I see a trend. The top ten at the moment are: Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, OpenSuSE, Mandriva, Debian, PCLinuxOS, Sabayon, Arch, and MEPIS. Strangely, we find two relatively non-n00b distributions in there...
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Arch Linux + Kdevelop + Irrlicht 3D + Blender
If you’re into any type of 3D development in Linux be sure to give Arch a try with your 3D tools. The i686 compiled binaries offered up by Arch Linux gave me a little more of an edge, especially when it came to developing models.
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Arch Linux smokes all others. My Review.
Last week I finally decided to try another Linux distribution. Even though I started off with Slackware on floppy disks I eventually got really lazy and started to use Ubuntu Linux. I have switch to a more traditional Linux.
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Arch is hard to replace
There’s a good reason I stayed with Arch for so long: it was simple, easy, behaved exactly as it should and it didn’t break. Until now. I started looking at possible replacements. Over the last couple of days, I tried quite a few...
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Arch is failing me!
I’ve been posting less and less here, simply because I’ve been very happy with my system as it was. My distribution of choice is Arch, my DE of choice is KDE, and my applications of choice are Pidgin, Chromium, Amarok (yes, it’s back), and Transmission. I don’t need more, and I was happy. However.
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Review: Arch Linux
I’ve been wanting to try Arch Linux for quite some time now. They seem to have a similar aesthetic to Gentoo in that the main mission of Arch is to build your operating system from the ground up.
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Making the Switch to Arch Linux
I have been using Ubuntu for years, as well as trying several other distros. While I still use Ubuntu on several machines, including my laptop and media center, I haven’t really been a fan of some of the changes they have been rolling out and feel it has gotten a little too bloated for my liking. So, I decided it was time to try something new.
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Why I use Arch Linux
I came accross a lengthy interview with the Arch Linux team, and having been using the distribution for the last several months, I thought I would write about my experiences and what makes it great for me.
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Arch makes Linux fun to use again.
It’s been a month since I have installed Arch Linux on my workstation and I thought I would talk about this Linux distribution a bit. I will briefly outline what have been, and what is, my experience with Arch, and I believe I am going to stick with this particular flavor for a very long time.
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Building The Ultimate KDE Desktop With Arch Linux (Part 2)
Welcome back! As long as everything went well last time, you should have a basic Arch Linux set up with KDE 4.3.x. Your KDE installation should have a text editor (kate), a command terminal (konsole), and some basic Plasmoids for your desktop.
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My Arch Linux Experiment (Part 2)
Welcome to part two of my Arch Linux experiment, where I am attempting to determine if Arch is a viable replacement for Kubuntu on my machine. Previously, I bombed out big time and here the saga continues.
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