abarbarian Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) Hmmmmm. The article I linked to is a 2015 article. An if you click on "ARCH LINUX" you are taken to the Arch home page. An if you click on "FREE SOFTWARE AWARD" you go to a FSA wiki page. An if you click on "has won the" you are taken to the article. Edited February 14, 2015 by abarbarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Hmmmmm. The article I linked to is a 2015 article. Nope, that is a repost from 2012: http://novemberain445.blogspot.com/2012/04/linus-torvalds-awarded-arch-linux-as.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Hmmmmm. The article I linked to is a 2015 article. Nope, that is a repost from 2012: http://novemberain44...h-linux-as.html http://www.linuxveda.com/2015/02/11/linus-torvalds-awarded-arch-linux-consumer-friendly-distribution/ Linus Torvalds awarded Arch Linux as the most consumer friendly distribution By Swapnil Bhartiya - Feb 11, 2015 Well me link seems to indicate the article is a 2015 variety. Which may contain elements of a repost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Well me link seems to indicate the article is a 2015 variety. Which may contain elements of a repost. I talked about it in the other thread, the entire article (word for word)is a repost from a 2012 April Fool's Day joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 He changed the date of the article so I cannot link to the old one but look at the post from 2012 that links to the "new" article: http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/57162 Either tuxmachines knows the future or I am not crazy (or both). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 He used the text from an older article and added new pictures and posted it on a different site so therefore it is a new article posted in 2015. I fully realised that it was a April Fools joke from 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 1+ Year Running Arch Linux on a Lenovo Yoga 2 (2015) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Arch Linux on Raspberry Pi 2 (2015) As its name might suggest, RaspArch is an ARM operating system derived from the lightweight and powerful Arch Linux distro. It boasts a custom Linux 3.18.11 LTS kernel and LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment). http://raspex.exton.se/?p=61 RaspArch is a “remaster” of Arch Linux ARM. The original compressed system is of 231 MB. After I have added the LXDE Desktop environment, Firefox and Gimp the system increased to 665 MB. RaspArch is a “ready-to-go” ARM system. It must be installed on a Raspberry Pi 2 computer. Wonder how it runs ? An he could have used Window Maker to give it that extra snap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I would of thought that Lxde would of been lighter than WindowMaker. I use lxde on my B+ (512mb) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 I would of thought that Lxde would of been lighter than WindowMaker. I use lxde on my B+ (512mb) Less thought more research 7 Mb is why I keep banging on about Window Maker for the Pi but nobody listens to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I would of thought that Lxde would of been lighter than WindowMaker. I use lxde on my B+ (512mb) Less thought more research 7 Mb is why I keep banging on about Window Maker for the Pi but nobody listens to me Glad to see my favorite environment(i3wm) is really low on usage (3mb) I may just switch to i3 on my RPi as I run it on my netbook, laptops and my desktops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Openbox. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Openbox. Whats this Deal or no Deal ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 How to deploy a web application quickly with Ubos on Raspberry Pi (2015) Ubos, which translates to "You are the boss", is a platform to help intermediately skilled users set up a home server and deploy web apps on it in a most automated way. Ubos puts you in the driver seat without knowing the details of the motor. On the other hand, it does not keep you from exploring the depths of the system. Ubos is based on Arch Linux. Do not let this scare you away. Ubos reduces administrating the platform and deploying web apps to a mere handful of commands. That also means there is no GUI, it is simply not needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Openbox. Whats this Deal or no Deal ? ?? You like Window Maker. I prefer Openbox. Whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Do not let this scare you away. Ubos reduces administrating the platform and deploying web apps to a mere handful of commands. That also means there is no GUI, it is simply not needed. Well actually the only hard part about Arch is the initial installation and that isn't hard as long as you follow the directions. I find Arch to be much easier to administrate than most distros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Openbox. Whats this Deal or no Deal ? ?? You like Window Maker. I prefer Openbox. Whatever. Ah ha my comment was a funny ha ha. Deal or no Deal is a game show where folk open boxes at random. http://www.dealornodeal.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) Do not let this scare you away. Ubos reduces administrating the platform and deploying web apps to a mere handful of commands. That also means there is no GUI, it is simply not needed. Well actually the only hard part about Arch is the initial installation and that isn't hard as long as you follow the directions. I find Arch to be much easier to administrate than most distros. He is on about Ubos being far easier to deal with then a manual install and configuration of all the server stuff. As in this includes setup of a MariaDB database, creating a certificate, setting up SSL, creating a virtual host within the Apache webserver and configuring PHP. This will take only a few minutes, at least I think that is what he meant Edited April 21, 2015 by abarbarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 Bluestar Linux Bluestar Linux is an Arch Linux-based distribution, built with an understanding that people want and need a solid Operating System that provides a breadth of functionality and ease of use without sacrificing aesthetics. Bluestar is offered in three edtions - desktop, deskpro and developer - each tailored to address the needs of a variety of Linux users. Bluestar can be installed permanently as a robust and fully configurable operating system on a laptop or desktop system, or it can be run effectively as a live installer and supports the addition of persistent storage for those who choose not to perform a permanent installation. A Bluestar Linux software respository is also maintained in order to provide additional tools and applications when needed or requested. The home site is one of those awful sites with a black background which I find hard to read. On the plus side the graphical installer looks really neat and should help any newcomer install easily. Looks like a nice way to gain some pain free experience with Arch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Neat project but I disagree that you could gain any Archlinux experience from running the derivative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 Neat project but I disagree that you could gain any Archlinux experience from running the derivative. You would get to know the layout of the file system which differs from other os's. Usage of pacman, yaourt etc so you would be familiar with updating. An you would probably use the wiki to do some installs or tweaking. It is a lot easier learning from a running os than it is from scratch, I know that from personal experience. So I recon I am correct in my assumption. Do not forget you are a experienced geek so stuff that seems simple and obvious may not appear so to someone with limited experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Well using a graphical frontend for pacman will not help you at all as you will miss all the wonderful output with instructions. I am not for sure what you mean by "layout of the file system" as all distros use pretty much the same exact file system layout. Your systemwide configs are always in /etc/, logs are always in /var, etc. The part about the wiki may or may not help them out as BlueStar could of changed the defaults and pacman commands wouldn't make sense if you only uses the graphical package manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I'm one who played around with a few Arch derivatives before ever installing Arch. I wanted to get a feel for pacman, without a graphical front-end for it, and I kinda wanted something that really used only Arch repos. For those reasons, I probably would have passed on BlueStar. I was thinking along the same lines when I passed on Manjaro. It does look like BlueStar users might be fine using pacman instead of the front-end, though. Looks like they don't have a page a DistroWatch yet. However, BlueStar was mentioned at DW back in 2013 (see "New distributions" at http://distrowatch.c...?issue=20130506). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Most all of the derivatives all use a graphical frontends for pacman. Pacman is one of the greatest tools available for archlinux and missing that part is like missing one of the major aspects of using arch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturnian Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Most all of the derivatives all use a graphical frontends for pacman. Not all, though. Bridge Linux, ArchBang, I don't recall those two having one, at least not when I was running those distros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Well using a graphical frontend for pacman will not help you at all as you will miss all the wonderful output with instructions. I am not for sure what you mean by "layout of the file system" as all distros use pretty much the same exact file system layout. Your systemwide configs are always in /etc/, logs are always in /var, etc. The part about the wiki may or may not help them out as BlueStar could of changed the defaults and pacman commands wouldn't make sense if you only uses the graphical package manager. Why are you banging on about graphical frontends for pacman ? BS does use command line pacman as well as GUI frontends. http://bluestarlinux.sourceforge.net/index.php?action=articles;sa=view;article=36 You may find that Apper won't find all the packages you need up front. So, first, using pacman, attempt to perform a full system upgrade: pacman -Syyu Well using a graphical frontend for pacman will not help you at all Not true as you will learn that there is a thing called pacman. As I have not used BS I can not say what other information about pacman is given with their GUI for pacman. I would assume that as a BS user you would be exposed to some more pacman information as par for the course. "layout of the file system" as all distros use pretty much the same exact file system layout. Pretty much is not the same as exactly. An I could have said it better as "not everything is in the same place and set up in the same way and uses the same tools to do similar tasks". Edited August 26, 2015 by abarbarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 "layout of the file system" as all distros use pretty much the same exact file system layout. Pretty much is not the same as exactly. An I could have said it better as "not everything is in the same place and set up in the same way and uses the same tools to do similar tasks". Yes but you mentioned the filesystem layout which is the same across all distros as it is the standard for Linux: https://en.wikipedia...rarchy_Standard Did you know that bridgelinux is based on Arch but was actually built using the Archbang sources? http://millertechnol...ridgelinux.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 A lot of the derivatives are using Octopi, PacmanXG4 and Yaourt-gui out of the box, which are fine projects but they defeat the advantage of using pacman IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 "layout of the file system" as all distros use pretty much the same exact file system layout. Pretty much is not the same as exactly. An I could have said it better as "not everything is in the same place and set up in the same way and uses the same tools to do similar tasks". Did you know that bridgelinux is based on Arch but was actually built using the Archbang sources? http://millertechnol...ridgelinux.html That is just plain weird. Talk about going around the houses. A lot of the derivatives are using Octopi, PacmanXG4 and Yaourt-gui out of the box, which are fine projects but they defeat the advantage of using pacman IMO. Well it always helps to know what your GUI's are up to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 How to Install and Configure Arch Linux as a Server (2015) In this tutorial, I will walk you through the steps to install and configure Arch Linux as a server. This is a really neat and clear tutorial. Now if only all tutorials were as well crafted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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