The Arch Linux Thread

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Just wondering if there are any more Arch Linux users (or at a push Gentoo users ) on these forums.

Maybe we could share some cool tips with each other?

Personally I have Arch Linux running on an i7 3930k with 16GB of RAM and a 2TB HDD (will be switching my Arch install over to my Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD at some point when I can be bothered). I use XFCE and generally spend my time programming in C, C++ and Python although I'm trying to learn as many languages as I can .

It runs faster than Windows 7 does on an SSD which says something about Windows.

What is your Arch Linux set up?

 

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Haven't managed to try Arch properly yet though Pacman appears to be excellent, and of course having a truly barebones install is fantastic. Want to use it on my server running OMV, not the most sensible thing to do but it'll be pretty good to learn with.

I find Arch and pacman to be excellent and the AUR is unrivalled in what it offers.

I doubt I'd run Arch on a production server though. Too much of a chance that the install will break and result in downtime. For servers I use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, FreeBSD or OpenBSD.