Linux Novice Learning Arch Linux Introduction experience sharing

I've always been using Ubuntu and Fedora as a starter system, but actually what I really want to recommend is arch, after the previous study, perhaps you have a general understanding of Linux, and now if you want to speed up your pace, maybe you can look at this article. If you ask why you are learning Linux, I can only answer just for fun

I've always been using Ubuntu and Fedora as a starter system, but actually what I really want to recommend is Arch, after the previous study, perhaps you have a general understanding of Linux, and now if you want to speed up your pace, maybe you can look at this article. If you ask why you are learning Linux, I can only answer Just for fun.

This article is basically my personal opinion, there is an incorrect place to plead for criticism, in addition this article is only recommended arch, and did not say that arch is the most suitable for beginners.

my path to learning Linux

Talking about my Linux learning path, the time is actually not long, 2014 May or so to join the Linux China Group, only to start to understand the system, and because it is a senior year, I can not spend too much time on the Linux system, but my experience has made me spend relatively little time, The extent to which Linux can be used as its own desktop system has been achieved.

All the cause of my computer only because I have only a MB of memory, which makes me this always XP users, finally even the last QQ can be stuck, so endure a long time, finally I went to find a solution. Perhaps because of the reason for my thinking, the solution is not to upgrade the hardware for the computer, but instead of looking for a system to replace XP, when Linux came into my eyes, everywhere is saying that Linux is lightweight and simple, and only a few 10 megabytes of memory can be run smoothly. Of course, this time I search out is certainly the most friendly to the novice of the new Ubuntu, and finally I was excited to install it, then was very happy, feel that they can finally change a system to play, can get rid of the past card machine. But it turns out that I was naïve, Ubuntu Unity desktop, my old-fashioned machine is unbearable, play up more cards, even later loaded Xubuntu also useless, encountered problems, I went to search the answer can search out, but the answer is basically invalid, in the face of this situation, I was playing Ubuntu is something that has not been learned.

I'm a little frustrated with the Ubuntu experience, and it's not for me. Later I learned about Debian, which was said to be stable and robust. I am hesitant to install this time, the installation process is not as smooth as Ubuntu, I remember should have encountered a little problem, but still solved. I am satisfied with the Debian installation, and my computer is no longer the same as the resurrection. But what can I do with Debian? I later found that I did nothing, I do not know anything, I will only use the mouse point, right click on the properties, double-click the point executable file. It took me two weeks (I only had a weekend to come back from school to touch a computer), and one day I saw the Linux Chinese group talking about a distribution called arch, which I searched for, out of curiosity, the beginning of my encounter with arch.

The design concept of Arch Linux is lightweight and concise. This is in line with my heart, apart I started my Arch journey. At that time I did not understand what is the command line, the installation process is completely reference to the Arch Wiki process, although do not understand why, but I was a successful installation, watching their own step by step to install the system at the time of the unique sense of accomplishment. Arch Wiki provides a one-stop service, just installed the system arch is not with the desktop, but the Arch Wiki provides a detailed desktop configuration process, as well as the input method configuration process. View your memory usage, LXDE + 32-bit Arch Linux, my memory occupies only about a few meters, I know I found true love this time, so has been using Arch so far, but also thanks to my Computer configuration is low, otherwise I will probably stay in Ubuntu.

advantages of using Arch Linux

Why should I recommend Arch Linux? What are the advantages for a novice relative to other distributions?

Many people will say that Arch is too difficult, not suitable for beginners, and not friendly to novices. But I don't think so, it's hard because you're standing at a high starting point, and this high starting point will make you progress faster and get to know Linux faster. What Arch brings to me is such a learning experience. I have never been to the meeting, to teach others for a long time, maybe someone will say I am just a special case, then this article is to those who want to be special. Learning is on their own, as long as their hearts, and what will not learn? Recently, "Linux China-Novice village," QQ Group of many new people, always on their own to answer, but did not think, their own for this problem what to try, whether they have the perseverance to persist in learning Linux?

Here are some of the reasons that I think I recommend Arch, which represents only my personal opinion:

Arch allows you to get started at a higher starting point, but correspondingly, you will need to pay a little bit of patience to learn, and you will learn faster.

The Arch Wiki is very rich, which is the tool we solve when we encounter problems. In the face of problems, the first to go to the Arch Wiki search, the basic can be solved, this is more than search engine search out of the Blog or other people write a little note to be more reliable.

Arch uses a rolling update, so you don't have to think about upgrading your system later to reload the problem.

Arch has nothing to add to the basic package, so your system is basically what you need.

Arch's Pacman is a very simple and efficient package management tool that helps you manage your system easily.

Arch's AUR warehouse contains a large number of packages that can be built with a single makepkg command.

Based on some of the above reasons, I think Arch is actually suitable for beginners.

First it is freer than most other distributions, and secondly it has no pre-installed graphics package management tools, which makes it necessary for us to do most of our operations under the terminal, which will be a force and pressure for us to escape from the Windows mouse mode because you have nothing to do with the mouse, and finally Arch Wiki for the vast majority of packages to how to configure, encounter problems how to solve, there are detailed instructions, which for the novice is certainly a gospel.

I recommend arch actually put oneself in a relative distress situation (but in fact I do not think this is the dilemma, I was at first sight of arch, with great interest in the arch received), only in this way will activate your power, overcome it, you win yourself, harvest the skills, if you choose to give up, Then maybe you are not suitable for this way of learning.

End

I can say that I learn Linux basically thanks to the Arch Wiki, is it to solve a lot of problems for me, no longer like a headless flies to search for answers, of course you use other distributions can also refer to the Arch Wiki, do not waste this valuable resources. In addition, if you really want to learn Linux, I recommend you to look at Linus's autobiography "Just For Fun", as well as bird brother's "bird Brother's Linux private dishes." Linus's autobiography will make you understand a small part of the story about Linux, I have done is only just for fun, while the bird Brother's book can be used as a primer book, bird Brother wrote too detailed, reading part of the content is good. Finally, I wish you all the next learning path, courageously forward.

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Linux Novice Learning Arch Linux Introduction experience sharing