Arch Linux--Is This Really a Geek's Distro? | Linux Today

Arch Linux–Is This Really a Geek’s Distro?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 20, 2008

“Arch Linux, which was inspired by the CRUX is an i686 optimized
lightweight distribution with a great package management tool. Arch
releases usually contain a core cd image (~160 MB) that has a core
system without any graphical servers and an FTP install image (~30
MB) with which you can install the entire OS from an FTP
server.

“I decided to try arch as it seems to be one of the fastest and
highly customizable distribution around (The real reason was since
arch seems to be more of a ‘geek’s distro,’ I thought I could check
my ‘geek level’ with it)…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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