Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 7th Jan 2007 19:28 UTC, submitted by arooaroo
Long standing user of Arch Linux side-steps the typical OS-review template and takes a fresh look at several features of Arch Linux that make it an interesting and exciting distribution. Update: A recent interview with Judd Vinet, Arch's founder.
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2005-10-20
Agreed that Arch is easy to setup and a great distro for people who want to do things on their own.
Initially I was an ardent fan of doing things on my own, to the extent that I tried gentoo for a long time. Then I realized that I am spending too much time compiling, so I switched to Arch. No doubt, Arch is simply great, once fully setup. But it is the initial setup time which is difficult. For instance, I would like to do things "with" my computer, rather than spend time configuring it. My main task is programming and not configuring. I believe that when someone like me, with good exposure to Linux programming, can feel the feel the need for an auto configured system. My friends with limited Linux exposure would definately prefer a SUSE, Ubuntu or Fedora.
Arch is one of the easiest to maintain, with latest packages and arguably the best package manager. However, We need to take Arch further to everyone. The Arch Linux Office Install CD http://user-contributions.org/wikis/userwiki/index.php?title=Arch_L... is a good step in this direction. The guys here have not only provided a working ( with Xserver, Office), Arch install, but at the same time detail the process of making my own Arch linux CD http://user-contributions.org/wikis/userwiki/index.php?title=Make_I....
Due to this I can make my own custom CD with my current packages and share with my friends.