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+1 for the arch guide... I've got Arch running in a VM (before I do it "for real" on some hardware), but I didn't get the desktop to work - I was trying to get Enlightenment to run, rather than the usual Gnome/KDE defaults, so if you're feeling like a challenge, then that's where I'm falling off the trail... Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bad apple Sent: 10 December 2013 18:52 To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [LUG] Ignoring Linux Mint Upgrade Advice On 10/12/13 18:20, George Parker wrote: > I think this could safely go into the LUG how-to's Also on this subject, I was asked off-list by someone here if I could maybe do something similar for Arch Linux - call it "bad apple's hacky way to get Arch running without reading a million pages of their wiki first".* Now, I don't think installing Arch is that much of a problem but then I also don't think maintaining OpenBSD current on MIPs hardware is difficult either: I suspect other people may not agree. Having not actually done an Arch install for a while, I fired up a VM last night and quickly ran through a build and although I still didn't find it particularly complex, there is quite a lot to do compared with sticking an Ubuntu DVD in a drive and clicking next a few times. I can definitely see it being a bit off-putting for casual users who fancy taking it for a test drive in VirtualBox, even following the excellent Beginner's Guide. It doesn't help that the documentation is scattered all over the place, and doesn't touch on the most important issue: getting SSHD running immediately at the first point of the install routine, so you can actually copy/paste instructions directly from the Install guide, wikis, etc, instead leaving you to type manually often very specific and long commands directly into your VM or physical host. That's going to lead to bad typos before long. So, if anyone else is interested in what will essentially be a more friendly "wrapper" around the already excellent install guides on the Arch site, pulling together all the miscellaneous extra bits they don't mention, then chime in here and if it's going to be of any use to at least a couple of people, I'll go ahead and knock it up. Cheers * Although once you've got the basics up and running, you really, really *should* read their documentation properly - it's excellent quality as well, and mostly applicable to all Linux systems -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq