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https://bbs.archlinux.org – sr_proxerino wrote:and the process seems to require a depth of knowledge about disks and partitioning that I currently don't have and, frankly don't want to spend the time to get.Sorry if you're not willing to spend some time to learn the skills necessary to run Arch.  Maybe it's not for you.  I'm seeing far too many posts of late complaining how hard it is to set up Arch.  Anyone doing a little research would see that Arch isn't really geared to newbies--unless they're willing to do the work and spend some time to develop the skills they' (HowTos)

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bohoomil wrote:You are going to love the Arch Wiki. I already do As a matter of fact I like the Arch Community and Arch as a whole. I am trying to develop my skills to be able to contribute sometime in the future

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Arch linux decision to upgrade from 3.6 to 3.8 really through me for a loop. It destroyed use of the cinnamon desktop, it wouldn't boot (likely because of certain installed packages from the AUR), and to the best of my knowledge the new gdm (Gnome display manager for 3.8) is still broken.

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Right you are.  I guess what I really wanted was to boot arch.  I don't like spending lots of time working with bootloaders and managers, and though my computer takes a little more time to boot now (it's fast after it gets past rEFInd) I'm happy that it works .  I prefer having the smallest amount of software running from starting the computer to loading the OS, for s

Howdy,I hail from Canada. I started using Linux about two years ago. Like a lot of newbies, I got going with Ubuntu. About a year ago I switched to Arch, and haven't looked back. I love the simplicity and customizability - the Arch Way! Arch appeals to my drive to tinker.After a year of using Arch, this is the first time I've posted to the forums.

Good Evening Arch community,I'm hoping someone can guide me to what I need to do to install the Freescale Codewarrior IDE on my arch laptop. I have installed it on my arch desktop, but every time I try on my arch laptop I get the following error: This application requires a Java Run Time Environment (JRE) to run. Searching for one on your computer was not successful.

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