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Arch made easy!

8 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/arch-made-easy.104785/

vamsi360
vamsi360 Original post #1
Dec 19, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Installing arch is made simple by softpedia. It will make it simple but you dont enjoy your frustration installing arch.
I too have spent 5 hours to install window managers,X.....but the wiki is really good.All the time is spent to read it carefully.First I was shocked not to see the GUI in linux, misleaded it is a server but after refering to Distrowatch learnt that it is SIMPLE Linux. Is it really simple?

It has X already added in the ISO:p

Anyway EASIEST Arch :::

Tutorial-------->*news.softpedia.com/news/How-t...ux-59239.shtml

Link to distro ISO----->*linux.softpedia.com/get/Syste...inux-864.shtml
Faun
Faun #2
Dec 19, 2008 at 12:39 PM
5 hours for installing window manager :shock:

It takes less than 2-3 commands to get GUI. Yeah the net speed decides the completion of download.
Garbage
Garbage #3
Dec 19, 2008 at 1:29 PM
yeh... you installed all gnome/kde ? :O

I think x-window manager can be installed less than half hour.
vamsi360
vamsi360 #4
Dec 19, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Garbage said:
yeh... you installed all gnome/kde ? :O

I think x-window manager can be installed less than half hour.
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I have read that KDE installation takes a day. I have not yet installed a desktop environment but X and window managers installation were installed successfully ( that too with great difficulty until in my college they teached unix commands.:D

But one thing using net as resource and experting CLI can make things a bit easy.
Faun
Faun #5
Dec 19, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Nope it takes less than 30 minutes if you 2 mbps connection.

And yeah Arch requires the user to know common linux lingo.
vamsi360
vamsi360 #6
Dec 23, 2008 at 1:42 PM
T159 said:
Nope it takes less than 30 minutes if you 2 mbps connection.

And yeah Arch requires the user to know common linux lingo.
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I have a 128KBPS cable connection at home. Anyway I have no time at present to look back at arch. May be I will try again in June after my 4th sem. I will then install KDE 4.x and post my desktop.:p
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ThinkFree #7
Dec 23, 2008 at 1:48 PM
vamsi360 said:
I have a 128MBPS cable connection at home. Anyway I have no time at present to look back at arch. May be I will try again in June after my 4th sem. I will then install KDE 4.x and post my desktop.:p
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128MBPS? :p
vamsi360
vamsi360 #8
Dec 24, 2008 at 1:23 PM
128KBPS dude I have corrected it