Comments on: Arch Linux: Everything You Need to Know About It

By: c00ter-support

c00ter-support — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 04:14:03 +0000

I also second c00ter's message that Archinstall significantly lowers the bar, for people like me, who aren't Linux experts. Great article and overview!

By: c00ter

c00ter — Thu, 04 May 2023 15:38:46 +0000

You might consider mentioning Arch’s own “Archinstall” installer: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Archinstall
It is a minimalistic command line-based python guided installation routine , but only asks about a dozen questions of the user. All one needs to do to use it is to boot into a recent Archlinux LiveISO, establish an internet connection, then type “Archinstall” at the prompt. As well as the base system, it also offers every desktop environment in Arch’s stable repositories. Archinstall has been available for 8 or 9 months. It’s included on the ISO. https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/archinstall/

By: Don

Don — Thu, 04 May 2023 00:18:30 +0000

How can you call it simple and minimalist when it incorporates one of the most complex pieces of software in linux – systemd. I’m not a huge advocate or detractor of systemd but that statement is true.

Don

By: Bobby Borisov

Bobby Borisov — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:07:27 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

Hi,

I completely agree with you.
Debian Unstable (SID) is rather a rolling development version of Debian so it can be classified as a rolling release distro.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:46:31 +0000

debian sid can also be considered rolling release, and I’m unsing it since 10+ years on many machines, never had problems