Talk:Arch Linux

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[edit] Arch GUI

Anyone have a good screenshot of their Arch desktop?

Its default is no GUI. At least the version I downloaded. --Vellocet Malchickawick

There is no GUI by default but many of the users use at least one of the major window managers. I know of very few users who rely solely on the CLI (though there are a few).

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=9665&highlight=window+manager

If we were to showcase one it would probally have to be XFCE.

Here is one of my desktop... Desktop Screenshot

I use only CLI for my server. After all, no reason to slow it down with a GUI if your only purpose for your machine is to be a server. My desktop machine however runs fluxbox and i'm about to try out xgl+compiz. If I make a snazzy screenshot, I'll upload it. --Anthony5429 13:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

A screenshot of my Arch desktop would be the same as just a screenshot of KDE. --134.58.253.130 23:34, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some Changes

I updated the logo and replaced the screenshot because of the usage of the clearlooks engine. I also updated the content a bit and changed some expressions I didn't like so much. Maybe someone can review the article.

--Matthias-Christian Ott 23:03, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pacman (Arch Linux)

Is there really any reason this couldn't be part of this article and redirected? This article isn't too long and it would only mean adding a paragraph anyway. IMO it would be better here anyway. NicM 11:08, 28 January 2006 (UTC).

I think that it might be better to leave it as a seperate page. some other linux distros (frugalware) use pacman. -Arthur

I also think it's better as a separate page. There is now a pacman 3 development effort which restructures pacman as a library with a defined API. It's clear that pacman is being developed as a packaging tool independent of Arch GNU/Linux.--Kbk 16:12, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Pacman is part of Arch Linux, but being developed as a seperate tool that other distributions can use. The consensus here is that it should remain a seperate article, so I will remove the notice. -- Michael