The Official Hello Everyone Thread

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Non-Moderator Note: This is the unofficial "I'm a newbie to Arch" thread. Post here if you'd like to say hello to the friends you're going to make here, or to say hello to a friend u persuaded to join the wonderful world of Arch Linux. Feel free to explain your reasons.
Not much sense in posting if you just want to post that "Arch Rocks" (in whatever form of leetspeak you prefer, of course).
Naturally, we hope this thread will be the longest one in the forum history! :-)
below (if u scroll for a short while) you'll find some the first hello of this thread
and prolly some leet comments from ppl already using arch for a while
hello
ps. dont be afraid afraid to post. afterall everyone like noobs (mmm blood)
Last edited by dolby (2007-04-27 21:04:41)

Answer 1

Well, I guess I should say hello
I've been using Arch for about six months now, and thought I should finally post something.
I started using linux about 18 months ago, but I consider myself pretty much a n00b.  For the first year I was the queen of distro hoppers, switching distro every couple of months (a few times it was every couple of weeks).  I have a cruddy old laptop and wanted something that ran at a half-decent speed.  I'd heard that Arch was fast, but also very difficult to install.  I thought it would be too difficult for me, but decided to give it a shot anyway.  I followed the instructions in the wiki and got it working first time. I was amazed at how simple it was, and I felt as though I had a slightly better understanding of what's going on under the hood.
I've never posted before, as whenever I've had a problem, I've managed to solve it by searching the forum and/or googling.  I've never answered anyone else's questions as most of them are way over my head, even in the Beginners forum :-D  Whenever I read here, I wind up feeling like an idiot!
Since first installing Arch, my distro-hopping compulsion has gone completely.  I love Arch and can't imagine switching to anything else.