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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
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- 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
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- 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)
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- 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)
- Oh no, that's a silly screenshot, it shows only the moon 'n a bit of kde nothing else (package system in the shell would be nice etc.)... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.70.23.84 (talk) 23:54, 7 April 2008 (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
[edit] Userbox
For anyone interested, I have made an Arch Linux userbox here. --Anthony5429 18:51, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Repositories
The section describing repositories needs a rewrite. There has been a reshuffle. I don't know enough yet to write it.
I have modified the repositories section, according to the http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Repositories Claudiu (talk) 11:09, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Logo Change
The logo and artwork of Archlinux has now officially changed, but I don't know how to replace the pics. It can be easily found at the home page.
Note: Desktop screenshots can be found here: [1], more specifically the screenshots thread. Official artwork and logo - [2]
[edit] Release history
Can we please put the release/version history into a similar, well organized table:
| Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Red | Old release; not supported |
| Yellow | Old release; still supported |
| Green | Current release |
| Blue | Future release |
| Version | Code name | Testing name | Release date | Supported until | Features and Changes |
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| 4.10 | Warty Warthog | Sounder | 2004-10-20[1] | 2006-04-30[2] | Initial release; ShipIt |
| 5.04 | Hoary Hedgehog | Array | 2005-04-08[3] | 2006-10-31[4] | Update Manager; Upgrade Notifier; readahead; grepmap; laptop suspend, hibernate and standby; dynamic frequency scaling; Ubuntu hardware database; Kickstart; installation from USB devices; UTF-8 by default; APT authentication |
| 5.10 | Breezy Badger | Colony | 2005-10-13[5][6] | 2007-04-13[7] | Usplash (graphical boot sequence); "Add/Remove..." application tool; easy language selector; logical volume management support; full Hewlett-Packard printer support; OEM installer support; Launchpad integration |
| 6.06 LTS | Dapper Drake | Flight | 2006-06-01[8][9] | 2009-06 (desktops) | Long Term Support (LTS) release; LiveCD and Install CD merged onto one disc; Ubiquity graphical installer on LiveCD; Usplash on shutdowns; Network Manager for easy switching of multiple wired and wireless connections; 'Humanlooks' theme implemented using Tango guidelines, based on Clearlooks and featuring orange colours instead of brown; LAMP installation option; installation to USB devices; GDebi graphical installer for package files [10] |
| 2011-06 (servers) | |||||
| 6.10 | Edgy Eft | Knot | 2006-10-26[11][12] | 2008-04 | Ubuntu 'Human' theme heavily modified; Upstart init daemon; automated crash reports (Apport); Tomboy notetaking application; F-spot photo manager; EasyUbuntu merges into Ubuntu via meta-package installs and features |
| 7.04 | Feisty Fawn | Herd | 2007-04-19[13] | 2008-10 | Migration assistant; Kernel-based Virtual Machine support; easy codec and restricted drivers installation; Compiz desktop effects; Wi-Fi Protected Access support; PowerPC support dropped; Sudoku and chess games added; disk usage analyser (baobab) added; GNOME Control Center; Zeroconf for many devices |
| 7.10 | Gutsy Gibbon | Tribe | 2007-10-18[14][15] | 2009-04 | Compiz Fusion by default;[16] AppArmor security framework;[17] fast desktop search;[18] fast user switching;[18] some plug-ins for Mozilla Firefox now handled by APT (Ubufox);[19] graphical configuration tool for X.org;[19] a revamped printing system with PDF printing by default;[19] full NTFS support (read/write) via NTFS-3G |
| 8.04 LTS | Hardy Heron[20] | Alpha | 2008-04-24[21] | 2011-04 (desktops) | Long Term Support (LTS) release;[22][23]; Better Tango compliance[24]; compiz usability improvements; tracker integration;[25]; Brasero disk burner, Transmission BitTorrent client and Vinagre VNC client by default[26]; PulseAudio by default[27] |
| 2013-04 (servers) | |||||
| 8.10 | Intrepid Ibex[28] | Alpha | 2008-10-30 | 2010-04 | Complete interface redesign; improvements to mobile computing and desktop scalability; increased flexibility for Internet connectivity[29] |
Altonbr (talk) 03:27, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
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- We can't use a table exactly like that. Ubuntu has distinct releases with only bugfixes etc. while Arch has rolling releases, where Arch is the same after a full update, regardless of which release version you installed before. A testing name is not existent, because only packages get tested and then put into stable. An end of support is also not existent, since there is only one distinct release after the update, that gets updates as long as Arch Linux itself is updated/exists. The versions are actually only snapshots in order to create a new official installation medium. I will try to make that more clear in the article.
- --JonnyJD (talk) 12:28, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- Maybe it could be done for the previous released described on the Arch Linux frontpage? I know it's a rolling release, but it might give some information to people who read this page. Just a suggestion! Uzelth (talk) 17:54, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
