Thanks for the recommendation! I'm curious about your choice of Arch. Why did you decide to go with it? Did it require a lot of customization to get up and running or maintenance to keep running?
Initially had XUbuntu (Ubuntu with XFCE), forgot what exactly happened, but one of the major upgrades (12.10 to 13.10) broke my system, didn't trust those major upgrades anymore, since then I read more about how Arch works and got used to rolling updates. It does require more tweaking to get it running, it forces to learn the "Arch way".
If you are just getting started with Linux then I would suggest to start off with Ubuntu or read up on different distro's. (If you are coming from Windows or Mac, all linux distro's will require some level of tinkering, they just vary on degree.)
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Thanks for the recommendation! I'm curious about your choice of Arch. Why did you decide to go with it? Did it require a lot of customization to get up and running or maintenance to keep running?
Initially had XUbuntu (Ubuntu with XFCE), forgot what exactly happened, but one of the major upgrades (12.10 to 13.10) broke my system, didn't trust those major upgrades anymore, since then I read more about how Arch works and got used to rolling updates. It does require more tweaking to get it running, it forces to learn the "Arch way".
If you are just getting started with Linux then I would suggest to start off with Ubuntu or read up on different distro's. (If you are coming from Windows or Mac, all linux distro's will require some level of tinkering, they just vary on degree.)