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Install and configure Arch Linux to set up your optimum environment for building applications
Boot and manage services, add and remove packages
Discover and get to grips with the features of the Linux Kernel
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Over the years there have been many Linux distributions out there, some are trying to do everything for you, others dont. Arch Linux tries to be easy and user-friendly for developers and enthusiasts who are willing to customize their system to the maximum.
Arch Linux Environment Setup How-to will give you the step-up into the Arch Linux world. It will guide you through the different ways of installation and how to use the Arch Linux specific software. This book only aims to get you on your way the true experience is completely up to you.
You will be guided through the installation process so that basic configuration of an Arch Linux system will become second nature. Installing and removing packages from the system will become clear as water and even shiny new technology, like system, is made simple to understand. When you have a DIY mentality and like to customize your system, this book is the perfect launch towards a great Arch Linux experience.
Linux the author would suggest following this guide inside a virtual machine.
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Ike Devolder
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Ike Devolder started playing around with Linux in 1999 and became a full-time Linux user in 2002. At that time his preferred distribution was Slackware, which he used for many years without complaints. In 2005 he rediscovered Arch Linux (he had already played around with it in the past) and started considering switching all his desktops from Slackware to Arch Linux. In 2006 it was done, with his laptop and desktop both running smoothly on Arch Linux, and since then he has gradually stopped being a distrohopper.
These days Ike is a Web Developer for Studio Emma in Belgium. He uses Arch Linux in his day job too.
I would like to thank my wife for her patience, moral support, and love. I would also like to thank the whole Arch Linux community for bringing us a superb Linux distribution. In the end, I would like to thank my parents for supporting me all the way in whatever choice I have ever made.
David Couzelis is a professional Software Developer who fell in love with GNU/Linux over a decade ago. As a hobby he makes video games, and hopes to someday make one that's actually fun. He's also one of those free and open source software advocates, the type who teaches people about software freedoms even if they didn't ask.
Michael Driscoll has been programming in Python since spring 2006. He enjoys writing about Python on his blog at http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/. Mike also occasionally writes for the Python Software Foundation (PSF), IProgrammer, and Developer Zone. He enjoys photography and sitting down with a good book.
I would like to thank my wife, Evangeline, for always supporting me. I would also like to thank my friends and family for all that they do to help me. Lastly, I would like to thank Jesus Christ for saving me.
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I would like to dedicate this book to my daughter Moyra.
Arch Linux is an independently developed, general purpose GNU/Linux distribution, optimized for i686/x86-64 systems. The distribution is versatile enough to suit you in any role/need. It has been designed focusing on simplicity, code elegance, and "do-it-yourself" principles. The basic installation of Arch Linux is a very minimal base system. From the base system, everything can and will be configured by the user to suit their ideal environment, suited for their own unique purposes. The supported method of configuration is from the shell editing simple text files. Being a rolling-release distribution, there are no fixed releases. From time to time there are new install images provided by the Release Engineering Team, so that the installation media suits the new features introduced over time. Because of this rolling-release model, Arch Linux provides you with bleeding-edge software, typically the latest stable versions available. Pacman is the package manager of Arch Linux, which is designed to be an easy to use binary package manager.
Arch Linux was founded in 2002 by Judd Vinet who was inspired by the elegance and simplicity of some other Linux distributions such as Slackware, Polish Linux Distribution, and CRUX. But this simplicity came without a package manager, which was a big disappointment. Basically, to make his own life easier, Judd Vinet started Arch Linux with pacman as the package manager that can automatically handle the installation, upgrade, or removal of packages. Over the years Arch Linux kept on gaining more users, more developers, and has now been in the top 10 used distributions on DistroWatch for a pretty long time. Arch Linux is still being developed by volunteers and is not backed by some big company; the goal is to stay free in every sense of the word. In 2007 Judd Vinet passed the Project Lead to Aaron Griffin, who remains the Lead Arch Linux Developer to this day.
The Arch Linux philosophy, also described as "The Arch Way", is in general summarized as being KISS (keep it simple stupid). There are five core principles defined in this core: philosophy, simplicity, code-correctness over convenience, user-centric, openness, and freedom.
Simplicity is definitely the base objective for Arch development, with the idea that a lightweight base structure with high quality code will have lower system resource demands. The base system found in Arch Linux has no clutter that might hide parts of the system, or make it difficult to access parts of the system. All configuration files are simple, nicely documented, easy to read, and nicely arranged for quick editing. There are no special configuration tools that might hide possibilities from the user, which leads to a system configurable to the very last detail. The Arch Linux Developers believe that trying to hide the complexity of a system results in an even more complex system, and this should always be avoided.
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