Add ISO to VirtualBox and set it for CD/DVD.In this article, we are going to look at the steps of installing Arch Linux OS on VirtualBox.Download “dual” ISO from ArchLinux mirrors.Download, install and create new VirtualBox machine, for ArchLinux 圆4.hr then replace where dvorak to hr! VirtualBox Pre-installation I use Dvorak keyboard layout and it is throughout the installation, if you use us layout ignore all of it, but if you use some other layout e.g. Another strength (that is for someone is weakness) is that mostly ArchLinux packages are latest stable releases of software, and even this can get you to dependency hell, in most cases, you’ll end up with latest software with all new features and bug fixes immediately, and not waiting for next version release of OS distribution. Just look into their wiki, that much of content and expressiveness (sometimes maybe too much) it is really what it makes ArchLinux great, and second is the Arch User Repository ( AUR) where you can search for packages, install and comment them (very helpful comments!).Īnother strength is that ArchLinux has no release versions, it is rolling released distribution, and if you update weekly or monthly, you’ll always have latest versions of your applications and ArchLinux respectively. And even though I really like Mac, I really have huge respect and likeness for Linux, and my minimalistic side was in real need of distribution like ArchLinux. This is all part of my learning ArchLinux, and then to dual boot it on my Mac with Mac OS X. This installation is not for Linux n00bs, some familiarity with console and Linux commands should be expected, because some of notes are really not in depth and there are thing assumed, like basic knowledge of vim (or you can replace vim with nano). I’m not going into discussion that most of this can be change in Ubuntu, but how much of them really change?ĪrchLinux is completely opposite, the install is not really easy (for average PC user), nor GUI like, and after install you are left with bare minimal packages needed for OS to run and configure, and without GUI too. Because for both, out-of-box you’ll get a predefined UI, apps. But for me, and I have Mac, I see no difference between Ubuntu and Mac. ArchLinux is very minimal, highly customizable, but powerful distribution of Linux based on one of oldest distribution Slackware and BSD like Unix.ĪrchLinux is not for everybody, if you want everything out-of-box, then probably Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora or like are for you. For a few years now I really wanted to get some time to learn/install and play around with ArchLinux.

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