Archlinux derivative distributions. Linux operating systems for different tasks. Which distribution is right for you

Date: 14.05.2021

In everyday work, I like to use the browser as a player, snapping it to the left side of the screen, and leaving space on the right side of the VS Code, since new versions of Windows perfectly manage window snapping. Unfortunately, even the screen space of a 27-inch monitor is catastrophically small for all "wishlists", so I want to buy a second monitor more and more.
My main browser is Vivaldi and it's good for everything, except that it uses absolutely disgusting, thick scrollbars straight from the past by default. The screen is already small, and then there are scrollbars 15 pixels thick. Fortunately, fixing this problem is easy and you don't even have to resort to the Google Chrome extension store.
You can install modern scrollbars directly from the browser by enabling a special flag in the experimental settings.

To do this, enter in the search bar vivaldi://flags and find through the search "Overlay Scrollbars". After that, we transfer it to the Enabled state. After restarting the browser, you will see a really modern scrollbar that only appears when using scrolling and is hidden the rest of the time.
And I also want to recommend a little-known extension for Chrome browsers from Google itself, which allows you to unpin videos from YouTube and watch it even on the desktop like in a miniplayer or as it happens in MacOS with video.

June 24, 2019

In my personal life, I suddenly had a sufficient amount of free time and, observing the extremely sad state of industry in the Russian Federation, I decided to fulfill my old dream - to master web developer profession in order to be able to work in the future freelance. Having closely come into contact with the topic of web development, I realized that there simply would not be, and the Internet over these ten years (it was then that I was fully trying to self-teach design and layout of sites) has come an incredible way.
Millennials have come up with new trendy names for web developers: front-end and back-end. The front-ender typesets the site from a layout drawn by a professional designer, adds various simple javascript scripts (so you need to know how to program), and possibly screwing the layout into the CMS. The backender is responsible for the site engine and working with databases, and he also turns up his nose and considers himself a real programmer, and not like these "form slaps". If 5 years ago it was possible to learn how to type in HTML5 and learn CSS in order to be proudly called a layout designer, now these are basic skills that cannot be found in any web studio, because very few people need layout by itself. The stack of technologies necessary for modern website development has grown incredibly and the layout designer is now a bit of a programmer, and the programmer, if necessary, can make layout from the layout and make the interface himself. But in our time it was possible to "cut" the site and make it up on tables ...

Here is a short extract knowledge and tips that I learned in a month of hard home study:

now the most popular code editor that covers 90% of the tasks of all front-end developers. atom not popular due to its buggy and slowness, on Sublime Text only old web developers who just got used to this "notepad" over the years of use are sitting.
Without the hated Adobe Photoshop when working with layouts, nowhere. This is the de facto industry standard. Yes, there are some very cool alternatives like paid online services like Avocode, Zeppelin or Figma, but they are more focused on rapid development of mobile interfaces and not on website layouts. And although they declare support psd, with more or less complex layouts there will definitely be problems. Not to mention that they misread text layer options and don't show/disable superimposed effects. The guys who created Sketch for Mac OS blew a huge market by not wanting to port their product to the web or to Windows. Where can I get photoshop? Unfortunately, Adobe's pricing policy leaves few options for newbies like me. Although for students they give discounts and long trial periods.
The Internet we now have is very vector and hypertext, so the vector graphics format SVG used everywhere. It's good practice to have an open vector graphics editor in conjunction with Photoshop, Inkscape, to open and edit such files. Well, or draw a couple of arrows, if nothing beautiful is alien to you.
Professional training in online courses is quite expensive: from 12,000 - 20,000 rubles and more, I generally keep quiet about the advanced level of knowledge (for which companies usually pay, and not the programmer himself). You can say that I will download any lectures on torrents (and this is true, they are there), any books and I will study myself. In courses, you pay not for the lectures themselves (instead of them you can read a bunch of articles on the topic for free), but for the work of mentors with you, for working on mistakes and assessing your real knowledge. I do not urge anyone to run and enroll in any courses, but by studying on your own, you will not gain some knowledge. Not to mention the possibility of unknowingly gaining "incorrect knowledge and training in bad practices."
The human brain is able to adequately perceive new information for no more than 4 hours, then a sharp drop in efficiency begins.
Without practices your knowledge is worth nothing. 80% of your training should be practice, and 20% theory and lectures. This is the most valuable thing in online courses that you can’t download on torrents: there you will be kicked in every possible way, given and checked homework, indicated where to improve your knowledge.
Be prepared for the fact that website development technologies change every 2 years: old browsers die off, new frameworks and layout methods appear. Be ready to learn new things. Oh, but I really remember those times when the pages were made up with tables and just switched to "divas". And now people who make up only "divas" will look askance - now flexboxes are in vogue.
There are many free psd templates on the Internet that you can download, make up and make a portfolio of them. And of course, Chrome DevTools (which opens with F12) and a similar developer tool in Firefox are cool things: constantly look at the code of sites that interest you in order to understand how this or that thing is done, or where the coders screwed up (childish mistakes are often found).

Beginner Developer Page
It is extremely difficult for a beginner to find a job on freelance exchanges. As I already said, they rarely order layout, and if they do, then these simple orders are intercepted by craftsmen, who naturally will do it very quickly and efficiently. There are exchanges for perfect beginners like Work Zilla, but if you read the reviews, there will be a lot of negative ones. In addition, this exchange takes 15% from the completed order, imposes a limit on the withdrawal of money and requires a subscription payment every month. It also resets your rating over time. In general, there you will literally work for food for inadequate customers who want a full-fledged website for 1000 rubles. Used to be foreign Upwork, but it is now paid, and even there you can’t get through because of the Indians.
I learned cool concepts: semantic layout, adaptive layout, flexbox, grids, pixel perfect, cross-browser compatibility. Without real knowledge of these things, they will not even talk to you like a layout designer.
You will be surprised, but Internet Explorer hasn't died yet. The 11th version of this "wonderful" browser, which the creators of Microsoft themselves buried, is still alive and is included in the concept called "cross-browser compatibility" (and sometimes it is required to ensure that the layout and site work in Chinese mobile browsers and Opera Mini, where it does not work half modern technologies web). And IE 11 will definitely break your layout, because it is different from Chromium and Gecko (Firefox) browsers.

Once you start typing, you will soon want to install a second monitor. It's a work necessity
Soft Skills work as before (since Neanderthals). Namely: the ability to communicate with the customer, advertise yourself, look for customers where your many competitors do not think of - all this will help you find a job and receive a stable income. Well, or it will help to ask for money for food near the church with the help of "selling texts" on a cardboard (sad joke).
All the latest and highest quality information on HTML and CSS technologies only on English language, so basic English is a necessity (to be honest, I have not yet met a developer who would not understand English from the word at all - some use online dictionaries at the learning stage, professionals learn with tutors). This information is often (badly) translated and posted on the Medium blogging platform, and then all sorts of youtubers are stolen, which I don’t recommend watching (there are not very many good front-end bloggers among Russian-speaking bloggers). Oh yes, never watch Gosha Dudar's videos - this is such Timur Sidelnikov from the world of programming. Freelancers are very fond of running YouTube channels, as it is a great advertisement for their skills, but whether they teach the right things ... is a big question. For many things that they easily show in their videos, team leads in web studios will scold you.
In the provinces, there is very little work for web developers and the niche is occupied by long-running web studios of various calibers (I saw a studio of one person and three people who can pull the design on Wordpress and work with jQuery as much as possible).
By the way, if you learn how to "pull design" on Wordpress, ModX, Joomla and other popular CMS, you may not die of hunger, because the demand for such work is very high. The share of sites on Wordpress in the world is constantly falling, but they are still about 40%.
The vast majority of web developers (as well as users) are sitting on Windows and do not have cool 4K monitors, so Retina and layout for Safari are hardly needed exotics. But the share of users who access the site with mobile devices, can be more than 60%, so your site must work properly and look good on smartphones and tablets.
Time! Some believe that layout can be thoroughly studied in 2 months and even before six months spent on learning the basics of javascript, automation tools and a popular framework. In any case, it is crazy to think that now you will quickly learn and go to earn money with your knowledge. The amount of material for obtaining the status of "junior web developer" - 2000 hours of lectures and practice.
Professional programmers love mechanical keyboards, but how loud they are at night (I have cherry mx black)! Take the keyboard cherry mx red to be a little quieter. I don’t know how much you can trust all the top keyboards on the Internet, but most often the Cooler Master Storm QuickFire Rapid is recommended as the first mechanical keyboard. True, this is not a very cool brand among keyboards and the lack of a numeric keypad is annoying (and front-end developers need to enter numbers often), but this is a rather old keyboard model and can be found in Russia at a price 4500 rubles. However, for 5000 rubles you can already pick up a normal keyboard on your favorite switches.

The front-end path is very difficult and thorny, knowledge becomes outdated and needs to be updated almost every year (with the release of a new version of the framework used). But personally, I like this occupation and it would be cool if the knowledge I received was also paid for, allowing me to change my current profession to a new one. The road will be mastered by the walking one.

June 10, 2019

A lot was announced at the ongoing E3 exhibition good games, but the announcement caught my attention Microsoft Flight Simulator. The dead king of civil aviation flight sims is back to kick X plane and Prepar3D. I would very much like to see a triumphant return and there are hopes for this, even after the disastrous Microsoft Flight , which was a beautiful, but completely useless game for fans of simulators. It's scary to imagine, but a full-fledged licensed simulation part of the series (MS FS X - "ten") was released in 2006 - about 13 years ago.

There are no details about the game, but the trailer shows that this is the coolest graphics engine that provides an incredible degree of detail in the simulation of the game world. However, I suspect that, by tradition, most of the world will be flat and procedurally generated, and the United States will have beautifully detailed airports and cities. I really hope that Microsoft understands that without a community of modders, their game has no future, and they open up an API for creating missions, maps and aircraft. Many people now have a business built on this and a well-developed airport scenario or an aircraft for the previous version of the simulator can cost under $100 and they are willingly bought. If Microsoft wants to make money on this, well, organize the sale of add-ons for the game through your store, take a percentage. It will be better than releasing a "dead" game in which nothing can be changed and selling users endless paid DLCs (the way of some railway simulators).

Screenshot from version 10 with mods

I also hope that the game will have full built-in support. VR. This technology has been asking for a long time in flight simulators, and in MS FS, of course, enthusiasts tried to introduce it, but this did not receive much popularity.
The simulator will be released in 2020.

June 9, 2019

With the release of the penultimate windows updates 10 and Nvidia drivers, I suffered a disgusting iron problem that is simply unrealistic to catch and fix - the monitor briefly turns off for 2-3 seconds when working from the displayport cable. As I later became convinced, the problem was not so much in the crooked Windows drivers from the "hot-loved" Nvidia, but rather the iron problem of the 2014 video card itself, the Chinese cable from Aliespress and the modern monitor from Dell for 35,000 rubles (which is pretty insulting).
Starting to google the problem, I realized that there are thousands of such sufferers all over the Internet (google for "nvidia displayport blackscreen problem")! On the Nvidia and Dell forums, people are trying to solve the problem with various shamanistic actions from reinstalling Windows, editing the registry, to disassembling the computer and replacing the power supply. I even updated the bios of my video card to the standard one, having found a bios file for the GPU in the bins of the Internet, which has not been on the manufacturer's website for a long time (maybe he is embarrassed by his products?). The problem goes away for a day or two, and then the screen starts to insidiously turn off again while playing games or when using the Chrome browser like mine. Working, constantly waiting for the monitor to turn off, is extremely uncomfortable psychologically (personally, I involuntarily swear and my eyes start to twitch).
I tried almost everything suggested on the Internet: I plugged the cable into another slot - it helps for a while, but the problem came back again and again! In addition, going into the BIOS and seeing how the screen twitches and turns off, I realized that this the problem is exclusively with the video card and the Chinese displayport cable and not the operating system. Thus, for myself, I radically solved this very unpleasant problem with turning off the monitor - ditched the displayport cable and connected a Dell monitor with 2K resolution via HDMI. Yes, the hdmi cable is also 100% Chinese and was bought for 400 rubles at the nearest store (when the displayport cable cost me more), but at least it is simpler and works without failures. I'm not a professional designer who needs a cable that supports specific color spaces, and I'm not a gamer with a 4K 144Hz monitor, but a regular computer user who needs the monitor not to suddenly turn off! And if you still need a displayport cable, then you should probably take care of buying a special expensive vesa-certified cable, but I'm afraid it won't cost 600 rubles.
So far I don’t know for sure who is to blame for the current problem: the manufacturer of the video card, the unknown manufacturer of the displayport cable (in his defense I’ll say that he worked perfectly for six months without any complaints) or me when I cleaned the computer from dust and accidentally touched something. Or maybe no one is particularly to blame, because in 2014 Nvidia supported displayport versions 1.3 and 1.4 for its video cards, without having an officially adopted specification and ended up doing it a little wrong, and when cables and monitors appeared in 2018, which require dp cables of new versions (monitors of high resolution and refresh rates of the screen), they began to rule this by flashing.
Nvidia even released a special utility that tries to patch the BIOS of video cards with this problem. But again, I don’t understand why the problem did not manifest itself in any way before, but has manifested itself recently?
Remembering all the jambs and troubles that video cards brought me Nvidia(three of them just burned out, the last two gave out a blue screen of death in games, scammers with 4 GB of memory, which are actually only 3.5), I'm thinking about switching to the camp AMD. Yes, the video cards of the "red" ones do not always shine with performance, game developers rarely optimize their games for them, some of the cards are pretty hot, but absolutely all the AMD cards I bought from me are still alive and working perfectly.

Honor Band 4 I decided to start with a simple one: giving up flour and running in the morning, and to make running not so boring, I decided to buy a fitness bracelet that is fashionable this season, since the Chinese industry produces them in incredible quantities and you can find simple models from 800 rubles to 2000 rubles for new models with an excellent screen.

Xiaomi Mi Band 3

At the moment, two devices are bestsellers: fancy Huawei Honor Band 4 with a bright AMOLED screen and a bunch of features, and more budget and simple Xiaomi Mi Band 3 with a simple non-color screen (the new 4th version with a high-quality screen is just on the way). It is also worth paying attention to the products of the Amazfit brand - people praise, but their price is 3000 rubles. Honor Band 4 has more features and types of workouts (ha, it even has Chinese gymnastics), but it also costs more, and besides, you have to pay for the ability to see a beautiful and bright screen with increased battery consumption. However, fitness bracelets consume little energy, so it's okay if you charge your bracelet not once a month, but once every 2 weeks, especially since the Honor Band's charging process is very simple - using a small docking station that connects from below . But charging from Xiaomi is not very convenient: you need to pick it out of the strap.
There are a lot of videos on YouTube comparing the Honor Band 4 and Mi Band 3, but most reviewers come to the conclusion that the Honor Band 4 is naturally better. In the pros of the Xiaomi fitness bracelet, only the price: you can take it for 1800 rubles with delivery from China. I took Honor Band 4 for 2200 rubles from a store that has a warehouse in Russia, so it was delivered to me in just a week by courier. Do not try to take Honor Band 4 from the official Russian store Huawei: they are completely insolent and tear up 4,500 rubles for this popular device. I think that 1000-2000 rubles is the amount that you can pay for a fitness bracelet and this will not hit your wallet too hard.
Made Huawei Honor Band 4 perfectly, there are no complaints about the assembly. I decided to play it safe and stuck a film on the protective glass, which was sent by the Chinese seller in the kit (two small strips cost me an additional 100 rubles to the final price). With the inclusion and updating of the device, I figured it out immediately and without any instructions. This is not so difficult if the device has only one button (and a touch screen, of course). For pairing, I used a proprietary application Huawei Health, which detected the bracelet using the included bluetooth and offered to update it, after which it uploaded a new firmware for 20 minutes (it was extremely necessary to do this, because the bracelet worked so-so on the old firmware). During the connection process, the application honestly admitted that it would send data to the PRC servers.
The bracelet is controlled by scrolling through the screens and pressing the screen. To stop or interrupt the workout, you need to press the menu button on the bracelet for 3 seconds. The bracelet can constantly measure the pulse, as well as monitor sleep, but I personally feel uncomfortable sleeping with it, and there are people who do not take it off around the clock and even in the shower, since it is waterproof. Another problem with a bracelet (and a watch, for a person who stopped wearing them) is that you constantly, out of habit, hit all sorts of things with it, doors, tables, and so on.
Naturally, the bracelet is perfectly friendly with your phone and it can send you notifications (rather strong vibration), SMS, messages from programs like Twitter, weather, and so on. In addition, you have the ability to enable unlocking the phone with a bracelet when they are nearby, and the bracelet has the "Where is my phone?" function, after which the phone starts yelling in English in a female voice "I'm here!". Another cool feature is switching music tracks on your phone by turning your wrist with a bracelet. The bracelet itself does not have the ability to track GPS coordinates (this requires devices such as Huawei Band 3 Pro, which are more expensive - prices start at 2800 rubles), but if you run with your phone, the Health app can link your coordinates to the map and save tracks. Personally, I wouldn’t run around with my phone, but for cyclists and tourists, that’s it.
Both Huawei and Xiaomi have lightweight budget versions of their fitness bracelets that you should not take. At a price they are cheaper by 1000 rubles, but unable to measure heart rate. Honor has a version of Honor Band 4 Running Edition, which can only count steps. For me personally (an overweight person), a constant measurement of the pulse is important. And for ordinary runners during training, it is important not to keep the heart rate high in order to avoid muscle pain.
Thus, the prices for fitness bracelets have now fallen to an acceptable psychological level. I hope this purchase motivates someone for daily sports.

Arch Linux are a universal distribution that can be used to solve a wide range of problems.

Development priorities are simplicity, minimalism and code perfection. Arch is installed as a minimalistic base platform, highly customizable by the user by installing individual components required for specific needs.

GUI configuration utilities are not officially supplied and most configuration operations are performed using command line and text editor. Through the use of the floating release model, Arch always includes latest versions most applications.

Overview of Arch Linux

Arch Linux is an independently developed Linux distribution optimized for i686- and x86-64 architectures and aimed at advanced Linux users. “pacman” is used as a standard package manager - the solution updates applications and keeps track of all dependencies. Arch Linux is a floating release system and can be installed not only from a disk, but also via an FTP server. The standard installation includes a solid base that allows users to create their own builds. In addition, the Arch Build System (ABS) allows you to create new packages, reconfigure standard packages, and share packages with other users using the Arch Linux repository.

Here are the basic principles of the Arch distribution (known as the Arch Way or the Arch philosophy):

Simplicity*

* Simplicity does not mean the ease of use of the OS, but the simplicity of its internal organization: minimalism, conciseness, following the principles of KISS and Unix-way.

Arch Linux symbolizes simplicity by eliminating unnecessary additions, modifications and complications. The distribution kit includes programs in the same form in which they were released by the developer with minimal changes.

Centralized patches are excluded. Targeted updates mainly include fixes for porting bugs that become obsolete with a new release. Similarly, Arch provides configuration files - these include only distribution-restricted changes, such as adjusting the path of system files. No automation features are added, such as enabling a service after installing a package.

Arch Linux packages usually correspond to centralized projects. Packages are split only when there are compelling benefits. Partitioning is used only to save disk space in particularly severe cases.

Modernity

Arch Linux strives to maintain the latest stable versions of software for as long as system package problems can be ruled out. The distribution uses a rolling release system, which allows for a one-time installation with regular updates, without having to reinstall or go through complicated procedures associated with installing system updates. By entering just one command, you will get the latest version of the Arch system.

Arch includes many of the features available to GNU/Linux users, including the systemd init system, modern file systems(Ext2/3/4, Reiser, XFS, JFS, BTRFS), LVM2, support for software RAID, udev and initcpio, and the latest system kernel.

pragmatism

Arch is more of a pragmatic distro than an ideological one. Design decisions were made by the developer community on a case-by-case basis through discussions and technical analysis.

A large number of packages and scripts in various distributions of Arch Linux guarantee freedom of choice. They offer free and open source products for users who value functionality more than ideology.

User Orientation

While GNU/Linux is trying to be friendlier, Arch Linux has always been end user oriented. Arch is able to meet the needs of a particular set of users and does not try to please everyone. The distribution is suitable for experienced users who are not afraid to solve problems on their own and sometimes look through the documentation in search of a solution.

Each user can contribute by reporting bugs, improving the community wiki documentation, and providing technical support other users. The Arch Linux repository offers a large number of user-edited packages.

Versatility

Arch Linux is a distribution for a wide range of tasks. After installation, a command line environment becomes available. Instead of littering the system with unnecessary packages, the user gets the opportunity to install only the set of tools necessary for specific tasks. Arch Linux's development and implementation philosophy makes it easy to extend the system's capabilities and turn it from a console machine to systems with a desktop environment of choice.

Without a doubt, Kali has established itself as the most popular distribution for pentesting. But just because newbies and security experts are into it doesn't make it suitable for all users. Manjaro Linux is a beginner-friendly Arch Linux distribution that can be easily armed with Black Arch extensions, making the first experience with Arch very enjoyable.

Holivars about the best distribution for pentesting have been on the forums and IRC channels for several years now. Hackers and pentesters argue over which operating system is the most user-friendly, intuitive, and easiest to use, and which one has the coolest set of hacking tools.

Beginners are often torn about which hacker distribution to start with because of this, oscillating between ParrotSec and Kali. Arch Linux is generally considered to be a powerful distribution, but not very beginner-friendly. Let's look at an easier option for beginners - learning how to hack with Manjaro Linux.

What is Manjaro

Manjaro is an easy-to-use, beginner-friendly Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. This is a cutting-edge, lightweight distro that adheres to the KISS (keep it simple stupid) principle. Setting up Arch can be very intimidating as it requires a deeper understanding of building Linux systems than other distributions, but Manjaro takes care of all the hassle and hassle of installing Arch. Manjaro also has a great community of experienced Arch users who are always very responsive to questions from beginners.

What is Black Arch

Categories of BlackArch tools

As mentioned earlier, BlackArch has an incredible repository of tools. Depending on the speed of your network connection, the installation of each individual tool may take a long time to download. All tools can be installed individually or in groups by category. Below is a list of several available categories.

A set of tools designed to search for data on physical disks and built-in memory. sudo pacman -Sg | grep blackarch

As an alternative to get more detailed information, we can view the official BlackArch reference. We can also install all 1,900+ tools with just one command. This will take a significant amount of time. If you consider yourself a patient person, you can use this command to install everything that BlackArch has to offer.

Sudo pacman -S blackarch

Which distribution is right for you?

The debate about which distribution is the best for pentesting will never end. And most likely, there is not yet an ideal distribution that can satisfy the personal needs of each security professional. We all have different standards, preferences, areas of expertise, and varying degrees of experience. All of this affects how we use our penetration testing distributions.

If you're looking for new and exciting tools, combining Manjaro's intuitive interface with BlackArch's tool repository gives users the ability to Kali Linux feel at home.

So you have a new Manjaro VM with hundreds of new hacking tools, what next? How about connecting a Wi-Fi adapter to virtual machine and installing some cool wifi hacking tools that Kali doesn't have?

Thank you for your attention. If you have any questions then don't forget to leave a comment below. And do not forget to come to us from time to time to read new materials!

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Author: Derrik Diener
Publication date: January 1, 2015
Translation: A. Krivoshey
Date of transfer: June 2015

Arch Linux is unique. Unlike most Linux distributions, it doesn't even have an official live CD. If you want to run it, you must use the terminal. Many people like it. Arch gives users the freedom to build their own system that they like.
If you don't like building your own system from scratch, that's okay. There are a bunch of derivatives of Arch Linux distributions, each of which has its own characteristics, despite the fact that they are all made on the basis of Arch.

It's just a perfect derivative. Its developers did not replace the entire Arch base with their own repositories. When installed, it downloads everything from the main Arch Linux repositories, so you don't even need to update it after installation. Everything is fresh and ready to go. Among other things, the distribution's developers work closely with Numix, so Antergos is doing well in terms of themes. In general, he tries to stick to the Arch Linux update cycle and repositories whenever possible.

Like CrunchBang Linux, lightweight, fast and highly customizable. The ArchBang developers, like their counterparts at Antergos, prefer to stick with the main Arch repositories rather than making their own. This is a good thing, as you get updates at the same time as the users of the parent distribution. In fact, there is only one difference between the two branches: CrunchBang uses Debian as a base, while ArchBang uses Arch Linux.
With ArchBang you get an Openbox-style desktop with a Tint2 panel - a minimalist solution. All in all, if you're looking for a very simple and lightweight version of Arch Linux, this is ArchBang.

Do you love KDE, Arch Linux and want everything to work out of the box? Only a few distributions will offer you such functionality today, and Chakra Linux is among them. The distribution is positioned as fully customized for KDE, so in the distribution's official repositories you will only find programs for this graphical environment. The use of GTK-based programs is discouraged (although they can be found in additional repositories).

I can't say that absolutely everyone will like KDE, but for those who like it, Chakra offers an excellent quick deployment system with KDE based on Arch Linux.

Looking for a modern yet stable Arch-based distribution? may be the best choice. He has many strengths. First, the distribution uses its own repositories, so its developers have full control over what is provided to users. software. Although for those who prefer to get new updates first, this can be annoying.

Another strength of Manjaro is the presence of several editions of the distribution, which distinguishes it from its rivals. ArchBang offers you a heavily modified Openbox, and if you don't like it, you can't choose an image with a different window manager. Chakra assumes that you like KDE and nothing else. In general, having multiple editions is definitely an advantage.

Speaking of Manjaro, the XFCE version is considered canonical, but apart from that, you can choose any of the many editions offered (both official and community-made). Manjaro suits almost everyone!

Positioned as easy to learn Arch Linux. It also uses the official Arch repositories. Bridge Linux is not tailored for a specific graphical environment and is available in several editions (LXDE, XFCE, Gnome, MATE, etc.). Choose the one you like.

Conclusion

Building Arch Linux is an activity that not everyone enjoys. Many prefer to simply install the system and use it. The distributions presented in our review will allow such users to also join Arch.

Publication date: January 1, 2015
Translation: A. Krivoshey
Date of transfer: June 2015

Arch Linux is unique. Unlike most Linux distributions, it doesn't even have an official live CD. If you want to run it, you must use the terminal. Many people like it. Arch gives users the freedom to build their own system that they like.
If you don't like building your own system from scratch, that's okay. There are many derivatives of Arch Linux distributions, each of which has its own characteristics, despite the fact that they are all based on Arch.

I can't say that absolutely everyone will like KDE, but for those who like it, Chakra offers an excellent quick deployment system with KDE based on Arch Linux.

Looking for a modern yet stable Arch-based distribution? may be the best choice. He has many strengths. Firstly, the distribution uses its own repositories, so its developers have full control over the software provided to users. Although for those who prefer to get new updates first, this can be annoying.

Speaking of Manjaro, the XFCE version is considered canonical, but apart from that, you can choose any of the many editions offered (both official and community-made). Manjaro suits almost everyone!

Conclusion

Building Arch Linux is an activity that not everyone enjoys. Many prefer to simply install the system and use it. The distributions presented in our review will allow such users to also join Arch.