SLUG Meetup - Arch Linux

Introduction to Arch Linux. What is it? What are its pros/cons?

Speaker: Calvin Kim

1. Intro

Distro

: A Linux Distribution

Package Manager

: manages the packages

​ == app store

2. Arch Linux's Philosophy

• guides you little

• gives you (very well) build system only

History

• CRUX

• No GUI installation

• Minimalist

• does not hide anything cause abstraction and hiding is never a good thing

  -> No handling

Design

• Everything is customizable (beside the kernel..haha)

• There is no default setting for Arch

• ABS -Arch Build System

• Collection of different things for arch

3. Four things base for Arch

1) PKGBUILD

: Bash script -> literally a script

1. Link to source code

2. How to build the code

-> used as a guide for other package managers

2) makepkg

: build system -> reads PKGBUILD

​ ----> those two are the fundamentals

3) pacman == apt

: package manager

• manages all the programs on your Arch

4) AUR (Arch User Repository)

​ : a repository maintained by Arch User group

• no official support tho

• has every open source software

+ Arch Wiki

• the most complete wiki!!!!

• the most up-to-date

• specific laptop quirks

• driver configuration

• linux hacking

4. Why do we have to use Arch Linux?

1. Bleeding edge

   : you'll have the latest one because it stays as close to the upstream

2. AUR

   : most complete package manager out there

3. Community Support

   : support by community equals that of Ubuntu

5. Tips/Tricks

1. Use manjaro

   : Arch based distro with GUI installation

2. sudo pacman -Syu a lot

   : updates are REALLY fast so....

3. Bug the community!

+ looked up after the meetup

1. mosh

• Remote terminal application that allows roaming, supports intermittent connectivity, and provides intelligent local echo and line editing of user keystrokes.

• Mosh is a replacement for interactive SSH terminals. It's more robust and responsive, especially over Wi-Fi, cellular, and long-distance links.

• Mosh is free software, available for GNU/Linux, BSD, macOS, Solaris, Android, Chrome, and iOS.

1. tmux

• tmux is a terminal multiplexer for Unix-like operating systems.

• allows multiple terminal sessions to be accessed simultaneously in a single window.

• useful for running more than one command-line program at the same time.

• It can also be used to detach processes from their controlling terminals, allowing SSH sessions to remain active without being visible.