Perfect Linux desktop setup with Arch Linux

by on May 16, 2006 · 4 comments· Last updated May 16, 2006

James Fryman tell us why Arch Linux is on his desktop system.

FTA "...I've been a Linux diehard since my early days with Debian 1.3. I visited various RPM distributions, including Red Hat, Mandrake, and SUSE, flirted with Gentoo, and jumped on the Ubuntu bandwagon, but I could never find a single place to settle -- until I tried Arch Linux.

Arch Linux is a bleeding-edge distribution built from the ground up using Linux From Scratch as a base with a driving philosophy: keep it simple. However, I've come to learn that simple doesn't mean easy. The Arch Linux definition of simple means that GUI tools should not hinder the full capability of individual software packages .."

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1 Edwin F. August 3, 2010 at 4:21 pm

Is the link alive? Cannot “Read More”.

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2 Vivek Gite August 3, 2010 at 4:43 pm

It appears that the domain newsforge.com no longer working or down due to some server issues.

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3 Voku November 17, 2010 at 3:10 am
4 EdwinF. November 17, 2010 at 1:52 pm

Great!

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