Kind of a full-stack software development which mostly works with front end development. Always trying to produce good structured, reliable, tested and maintainable code.
I've tried Debian and Ubuntu but I settled with Arch.
Once you pass the installation process (which frankly is not that spooky if you follow the steps outlined in the wiki); you'll end up with a system that has only what you actually need. Also it's rolling release system means that I'll always have my packages up to date; the only fear that I had is that, since is not a Debian based distro, was a lack of packages. But so far there has not been a package that wasn't either in the official repos or in AUR (a sort of repo maintained by the community).
Also it has given me way less issues than Ubuntu or Debian, specially (and incredibly) with my GPU drivers.
Kind of a full-stack software development which mostly works with front end development. Always trying to produce good structured, reliable, tested and maintainable code.
Really? Thats weird, I just followed the getting started on the wiki and did not have any issues. The only thing that cost me was getting the DHCP working in order to connect to the internet, that and setting up GRUB; boy that was a nightmare.
It doesn't have to be scary. Manjaro has a nice installer, Manjaro-Architect, that will guide you through the whole process. This way you can't forget any important step.
I've tried Debian and Ubuntu but I settled with Arch.
Once you pass the installation process (which frankly is not that spooky if you follow the steps outlined in the wiki); you'll end up with a system that has only what you actually need. Also it's rolling release system means that I'll always have my packages up to date; the only fear that I had is that, since is not a Debian based distro, was a lack of packages. But so far there has not been a package that wasn't either in the official repos or in AUR (a sort of repo maintained by the community).
Also it has given me way less issues than Ubuntu or Debian, specially (and incredibly) with my GPU drivers.
This is what scares me about arch
note: I bricked the same Ubuntu machine 3 times 2 years ago, that's why I am scared
Really? Thats weird, I just followed the getting started on the wiki and did not have any issues. The only thing that cost me was getting the DHCP working in order to connect to the internet, that and setting up GRUB; boy that was a nightmare.
This weekend I'll try installing it on this old powerpc machine I have, and see what happens...
The easier was for installing Arch would be to use Manjaro. Its basically Arch with a typical, graphical installer.
So if its not working the classic way ..
It doesn't have to be scary. Manjaro has a nice installer, Manjaro-Architect, that will guide you through the whole process. This way you can't forget any important step.
Thanks, heiker
@FultonB:
I believe Arch is officially supported for x86-64 arch only.