Interesting word development: "arctic" = place of the bear (i.e. big and small dippers) "antarctic" = place opposite the bear "ergos" = work "antergos" = opposite of work (??) Happy to see an easy to install arch linux distro.
Honestly the way I always installed software on Antergos was by command line with usually a small research done beforehand. You just taught me how to use the GUI in here, thank you
Microsoft's security and update idiocy has me looking at Linux again. I ran several distros about 10 years ago, bought a new laptop with Windows and just stuck with it since. It's time to dip my toe again. This video really helped. I'm looking STRONGLY at Arch/Antergos to run dual boot with Windows for now. Thanks for this. I subscribed.
Hey Joe nice video. Quick note to everyone. When you get to the point where you are using the AUR, you will want to get familiar with the ArchWiki section that deals with MAKEPKG. There are some very necessary configurations you will need to make in order to compile and compress/uncompress using all available CPU threads. The Arch standard default configuration uses only two. The Antergos installer may make the change for you - I don't know. I hope that speeds some of you up :) =====>>>> Enjoy!
Great tutorial video! FYI - when using the installer at the Feature Selection section do not select LibreOffice as it is highly probable that your installation will fail, install LibreOffice post OS install. I say this as I have run into this problem many many times on different computers. Other than that it's a great Arch distro.
Very good video; informative introduction to the system and its roots. Thumbs up. Posting from Antergos XFCE right now after watching your video (and a few others) ;-) Take care and keep uploading vids.
Thanks for the heads up regarding the LTS kernel. I thought it wasn't that big a deal, so I chose not to install it when I installed Antergos last week. After hearing that it is actually a good idea to use it, I switched over to it. So far, it has not done any harm to my install. Can always switch back if it has.
I have been using Antergos for about 18 months. I have only had problems with packages from the AUR sometimes not building properly. The packages from the main repositories have not given me any issues. I second that AUR has the kitchen sink of software. Also, I have noticed that some packages in the AUR have compiled binaries. What I have noticed is seems to be very stable.
Joe, you're the best! You mentioned that you may be getting a new computer. If I put it together right I think it's to replace the Dell laptop. I'm on my 8 year old Studio 1737 and those same thoughts have been going through my mind. Anyway it would be great if you do go new to try to do some videos covering your decision process. For example, new vs. refurbished vs build. Things like hmm, what will be my minimally acceptable processor. Do I want on board graphics or separate adapter. The process of figuring out how to get the most bang for your buck and the balancing of performance, price and lifetime.
Hey Joe. I highly recommend Korora 24. I noticed the same issue with Ubuntu based distros. Korora is Fedora based and works great. It's been my daily driver for about a year now and I see no reason to change. The guys at Korora are awesome as well.
Arch forums can be sometimes less helpful and a bit mean but that can be a positive. If you are looking for an answer on ubuntu forum you will find a thread and the first 3-5 "answers" will be people saying they have the same problem, than there will be posts with questions for op, than his reply and finally there will be some posible solutions. On arch forums op posts a question with as much data as possible and the next post will be a possible solution.
that's because people unwilling to "try" just post a very general broad question, that's what Windows is for lol. If you can't ask a question and provide details on why your having trouble then, yes!, GTFO and go filldle with your nuts on mint or elementary
I've been running Arch Linux for 5 years and it's been great. BTW, aur doesn't always build from source. Sometimes it opens up a DEB and installs that, as it is doing in this video 23:44 It does the same with Chrome. Building Chrome takes many hours.
i tried mint , ubuntu, fedora, opensuse, netrunner, manjaro but i never satisfies. i always end up installing antergos kde as my final choice. the only distro which gives me what i exactly want with cutting edge.
Great vidio Joe I have been using Mint 17.3 and have been hearing alot of good things about Arch distro's recently especial for old hardware I might have try Antergos.
I think to check for AUR updates using yaourt, you need to add the --aur option to the command, so it's: yaourt -Syu --aur. In my Arch install, if I don't add the --aur option, it only updates the none-AUR packages.
That is correct. Optionally you can just add -a so for example you can enter at the prompt *user@localhost$* yaourt -Syua and yaourt will sync your "foreign" packages
Gnome desktop works with no problems and rather pleased.. I wonder why the Cinnamon desktop won't load ohhh well.. But putting aside the desktop crash things seem to be rather quick in Antergos Arch. I'm loven it!
Arch will be your best choise. Pacman and Aur have everything you need and theyre awesome, super comfy! I'll recomend to instal timeshift and have allways one backup before upgrade, since you can bring the backup from even a live usb... just until you get the hang on it.
I think you found your new distro. Antergos has a super friendly and helpful community, the opposite of Debian destroyer forum and Arch-Check the wiki helper. I run Arch and Antergos and must say I have had never a crash until now and you can add the stable kernel as second boot option in case you get a "latest" kernel crash. Also the -force command helps with updates including double name errors etc. Anetergos is a very user friendly and top helper distro and is as true as possible to Arch. Trying to find a con,but Antergos seems to be perfect by a perfect friendly community. And no, I am not working for Antergos, but I work with it. And I trust it enough to change my home server to Antergos minimal (headless).
About to install this now as I've always wanted to try out an Arch install as well. Also, my Ubuntu 16.04 decided to not display the Unity bar at all after a restart. Tried to fix via the methods online, but no success. Tried Linux Mint with the same Nvidia driver as Ubuntu! and after a reboot it failed, so I'm looking for something else lol See Linux Action Show using Arch and it must be fairly stable if they run it in a production environment like that 😎 Seems you have gone back to Linux Mint on all machines though? Didn't decide to keep Antergos?
I'm guessing I just got a corrupted file during the install but in any case. I selected the Cinnamon Desktop during the install. When the system was done installing and rebooted. The Cinnamon desktop crashed and would not load. Gonna try installing again with Gnome.
The Antergos community is one of the best for new arch users. Arch wiki is great for advanced research for issues. But if you have problems with Antergos your best bet is ask the Antergos community in their forums first. A large amount questions are answered there. Please check out forum.antergos.com/ again they are amazing folks. Also Joe Collins great video as always.
Joe. I cannot get Antergos on the Cinnamin desktop to run in Virtual Box. Always hangs in the black boot screen at "Reached Target Graphical Interface", And goes no further. There is little discusson on this problem, and no definative resolution. I have never had any problem getting anything to run in Virtual Box until now.. Any ideas?
Great video! :) Antergos is easily my favorite distro, but these days I'm using Fedora just for one closed source software which is not working on anything but Ubuntu or Fedora. Solus seemed interesting, but I would stick with Antergos just for the AUR.
NIce video. Antergos is a really nice distro.Yes, it is a nice, easy, quick way to get started with Arch without the command line struggle - which I've gone through once and only once on my old eepc and got it right the 1st time ;) I've been using it for almost a month I guess as my daily driver on my desktop, coming from Ubuntu Studio 14.04 and I like it a lot. Still getting a bit used to the new environment, including Gnome 3 which - yeah can be a pain sometimes - but you can easily tame it and customize it, and Antergos comes with Tweaks installed by default, that is great. I remember installing Chrome from AUR without any problem... maybe I was lucky ;) Running v. 54 now.
Please can you do a video on SliTaz? It's a really interesting tiny independent distro (it will definitely run on your hardware) with its own package manager (TazMan if I recall correctly). But unlike some small-size distros it's actually quite polished with ok community support. I'm not sure what its release policy is though. There is a way to convert its volatile no-save live distro to use a save file if you want to just use the live version for the video.
How do I get those exact type of icons on mint cinnamon? I like the rich coloring and full shape of the icons you have there in antergos (chromium, Firefox, thunderbird etc), they look as good as the Ubuntu Mate ones, but I’ve decided to settle on Mint as a beginner, but the default icons on Mint look square dull and miserable
Works very well with AMD r5 m230, Intel i5 4g . The problem is when windows 10 delete the grub, and antergos can't recovery,just reinstalling it comes back u.u
I've been using arch for a few months, but being on bleeding edge was sometimes too annoying. For example, I need to recompile my programs. I am a researcher, and library updates are sometimes not an option for me. :-(
Joe Collins Hey Joe, why is the cinnamon desktop your favorite compared to the mate desktop?? If mate is more mature,stable, has alot more themes available for it, and is in some cases, more modular than cinnamon when it comes to customization??
if arch would use snaps, for instance, would it still break the system? you said: "you gonna get the latest software but you also get the latest bug. so once in a while it will break". It seems to me snaps are the perfect solution for a rolling release. what do you think?
I thought Antergos was like Manjaro in that they had their own repositories and you could still install out of the AUR if needed. I must say though, I'm quite in love with Manjaro. Their KDE version is rather flawless at this point. Can't vouch for their community spins of Gnome, Cinnamon, Budgie, etc.. Haven't tried them. I've never had a system breaking update on it, though some people did have an issue with that AMD driver.
Hello :) My PC 4GB ram intel i3 1.70 ghz. What linux version you recomend to use? I only use PC for movie,music,chat with friends on facebook. and explore internet youtube and read news. I dont like windows 10 :( auto updates and not change to off.. I want switch to Linux
My short lived trial of Antergos led me to believe that it's a bit closer to Arch than Manjaro. I currently run Manjaro, but I'm about to switch. I don't like the update release cycle....if you can call it that.
I will like to go arch but I'm happy with linux mint 17.3 still got lots to learn after jumping in to the deep end when messing up the windowns mbr spent days trying to fix it then gave up
Hi Joe, first of all I wanted to thank you for all that informative videos and tutorial you are posting. I was wondering if you have ever had a look at PClinuxOS, mate edition. It's a rolling release distro and it has an interesting concept. It uses rpm packages but uses apt and synaptic package manager to update and install software!
I've probably ran Arch for about 3 years now. And I've only reinstalled once due to an update breaking. However I'm convinced that I would not have had to do it if I knew the system better, because what broke the system was the proprietary driver for my AMD graphics card.
RavenPrecept Nvidia has been the best option for quite a while, but if you are like me and don't game all that much. The open source drivers for AMD also works well. The problem with AMD is proprietary driver's as they don't get updated frequently enough.
***** Yeah, as a programmer the open source drivers will not hold you back for quite a while. It's only if you need to optimize the code base to the extent that big gaming titles does that not having proprietary drivers would be a issue.
***** Ok, well I'm just a full stack developer with focus on web development, and have previous experiences working with OpenGL and DirectX so OpenCL is not something I've looked in to my self:) But guessing it somewhat like shaders in OpenGL using GLSL?
Manjaro is the first of it's kind. Know major distros are releasing rolling releases. Where as Manjaro is trying to get a semi rolling release to work. Being set up at 3 weeks, 6 weeks or 3 months remains to be snyc files problem. They have a strong community to help iron out bugs, but brilliant idea can they make it work in the long run will see.
When I started with Arch I posted the same silly question on Arch Forums and on Manjaro Forum respectful and on the right place. Both communities answered me essentially the same way. Non of them was mean or nasty. Maybe it's just how you ask the question and where. This looks like yet an other installer Distro for Arch Linux, made by designers. Yet I have not seen many of those just like 4-5 . I am interested to see how is it better then Manjaro. The people that created this project look like they are in their 20s. I give it 1 to last maybe 2 depending on when their Bachelor exams are coming.
I too not liking the direction of Ubuntu as you said packages are being taken away and more bugs and issues coming at least on me they are therefore I looked at Solus liked it but not there yet for me in terms of software and features for the OS but getting there maybe in 6 months I will give another shot and see if they have improve things a bit but Antergos is nice as you can choose the GUI at the installation plus it is rolling release plus it has the latest updates on application which cool I guess so maybe I will try Arch even though I am a beginner still but been using Linux for a few years so why not :)
I will try arch linux for sure. I have washed my hand with UboonToo. I installed 17.10 GNome on a 4 year old hardware desktop and crashed couple of times seen blue screen memory dump also. Seems like it is worst than windows 7 which I use. Never seen blue screen on Windows 7.0 after installing. saying that I am swaping the windows SSD and back to bill gates.
I've tried Antergos 17.4, and it really is very bad distro, too slow. At the moment I use Linux Lite, which works very fast or MX linux, the latter has some things to solve so, for now, I stay in Linux Lite
looks interesting at the very least but the complete deal breaker for me is the "pacman" package managers i find it to be much to different from the "apt-get" stand-by whenever im going to install something on the system i always catch myself attempting to use "apt-get" and on arch for whatever reason this does nothing of course might there be anyone out there that can tell me how i can install "apt-get" and remove this annoyance of a feature called "pacman" I mean im all for upgrading to better things but you just dont fix what aint broke and to me changing a simple command like this certainly falls into that category this flavor of linux might be the final home for my pc but sadly this is a complete deal breaker for me and i know how silly that sounds but it seems to me an end user that learning use of linux is difficult enough without having to learn flavor specific syntax for commands already covered better elsewhere
There are Debian based rolling release distros out there.... Siduction, SolydxK, Sparky Linux, Aptosid, and Kali to name a few...all of them apt-get friendly.
Arch linux and manjaro are the only linux distros that just work on my system. Mint, debian, ubuntu and many others just dont want to work, i dont understand why and im not a linux expert.
joe try manjharo 17.1.5 its awesome runs solid try gnome version if you can run wayland otherwise install xfce or cinnamon version and then install gnome . manjaro lools awesome with gnome
I can relate to you, got fed up trying to install DE for Arch and configuring the .xiniitrc to execute i3, trying twm, trying startxfce4 .......... after that reading Xorg.0.log files and grepping EE, grepping WW and then searching the ungrateful Arch Linux forums for solutions where they would just point to the Arch Wiki without even a simple explanation or help. I don't hate them but be a little more helpful, atleast in the newbie section for godsake. Finally decided to install Arch with pre-configured DE = Antergos
I set up the base Arch then I ran into multiple issues and got super frustrated and wasted my whole day looking through various forums and at last here I am.
have loved most of this distro but looks like go back to Ubuntu based. This has programs I want but the HP Laser printer wont install. Tried all the things I have found to no avail. Printer install shouldnt be this hard. Ubuntu just add printer done. this server error, cups forbidden. after 6 hours trying fixes ready to give up and go back to ubuntu
hey dude, I love your work but you have to make the videos shorter. I'm kinda out of time some time and when I look the video lenght I just skip it. but great work i learn a lot of stuff with you.
I really don't see the Ubuntu 16.04.1 with any problem at all , the first month after the launch of this version reveal some problem with the wireless driver , but this is all pass . In fact this LTS version is the most interessant in the last 6 years , tell in another way till the 12.04 LTS , my opinion is completely different about the Ubuntu direction , now Canonical begin to listen the users and the snap packages , the live patch etc , etc done to this operation system the first place on Linux distros . But its not only good news , Canonical needs to begin ASAP building aplications , this job at the moment are done with another distros and in fact this not good news .
Antergos Gnome is my favorite distro. for sure, with the Arch repos and AUR/yaourt easy access to software, no need for ppas and apt-get update. Love the Gnome workflow and works well for gaming, video drivers and game clients work very well. Here is a video of current setup. drive.google.com/open?id=0B--gHrwQuqtfeng5QW53Rmg4c1U
thanks for the warning, just made it clear not to bother with arch. if the community are asshats to people who want to learn then the system isn't worth the effort.
mouserr Communities in the whole software industry forums are butt holes. Unless you go to a place specifically designed for newbies to ask questions, then nobody will give you the answer to a simple question. I remember when I wanted some python code to switch my desktop background at specific hours and I couldn't figure out how to do the swap so I asked it on stackoverflow. 1 guy answered. He didn't even know python. He just gave me some C++ code, told me to translate it to python and left me to my struggles. I still haven't completed that program to this day...
i love AUR people like latest and alots new stuff.after 1 week i had 800+ backdoors when pople installed my packs lol and they propably not have any clue when pack is for hackers lol . i use debian HAHA
what you did just say? install latest ubuntu and then update it take hours? LOL when you install it download every latest updates(disable updates) ubuntu never updates you have working ubuntu for years yes it works you not need newest nano text editor every week +1000 other small apps update. you sure not need update base system.your system allready work. dont let others tell your system need update?!?. you just enable AUR if you need something from there even take 1minute that is 1 minute more LOL have good fun install apps that other hackers do LOL. would be fun if your system not crash when install who did some sunday users that know anything
I think anybody with half a brain is capable of following step-by-step instructions, it doesn't mean you understand what is actually happening as you copypaste a bunch of commands from someone else's tutorial.
and arch linux based on? yes you better install that LOL or just install debian that 99.9% based LOL you can install everything same you have on screen. omg every distro!! they all same. distros not make programs. they just distribute it. yes bugs lol yes AUR sunday hackers can upload anything there and you install them
Thank you for speaking simple and plain English, and explaining at an understandable level.
Interesting word development:
"arctic" = place of the bear (i.e. big and small dippers)
"antarctic" = place opposite the bear
"ergos" = work
"antergos" = opposite of work (??)
Happy to see an easy to install arch linux distro.
It would make sense, because it is a simple version of Arch
I thought it meant "cousin"
Honestly the way I always installed software on Antergos was by command line with usually a small research done beforehand. You just taught me how to use the GUI in here, thank you
Microsoft's security and update idiocy has me looking at Linux again. I ran several distros about 10 years ago, bought a new laptop with Windows and just stuck with it since. It's time to dip my toe again. This video really helped. I'm looking STRONGLY at Arch/Antergos to run dual boot with Windows for now. Thanks for this. I subscribed.
Hey Joe nice video. Quick note to everyone. When you get to the point where you are using the AUR, you will want to get familiar with the ArchWiki section that deals with MAKEPKG. There are some very necessary configurations you will need to make in order to compile and compress/uncompress using all available CPU threads. The Arch standard default configuration uses only two. The Antergos installer may make the change for you - I don't know.
I hope that speeds some of you up :) =====>>>> Enjoy!
I've been holding myself from installing some arch distro into my main machine, but after watching this I finally did it! Thank you!
Great tutorial video! FYI - when using the installer at the Feature Selection section do not select LibreOffice as it is highly probable that your installation will fail, install LibreOffice post OS install. I say this as I have run into this problem many many times on different computers. Other than that it's a great Arch distro.
Very good video; informative introduction to the system and its roots. Thumbs up.
Posting from Antergos XFCE right now after watching your video (and a few others) ;-)
Take care and keep uploading vids.
Thanks for the heads up regarding the LTS kernel. I thought it wasn't that big a deal, so I chose not to install it when I installed Antergos last week. After hearing that it is actually a good idea to use it, I switched over to it. So far, it has not done any harm to my install. Can always switch back if it has.
I have been using Antergos for about 18 months. I have only had problems with packages from the AUR sometimes not building properly. The packages from the main repositories have not given me any issues. I second that AUR has the kitchen sink of software. Also, I have noticed that some packages in the AUR have compiled binaries.
What I have noticed is seems to be very stable.
Joe, you're the best! You mentioned that you may be getting a new computer. If I put it together right I think it's to replace the Dell laptop. I'm on my 8 year old Studio 1737 and those same thoughts have been going through my mind. Anyway it would be great if you do go new to try to do some videos covering your decision process. For example, new vs. refurbished vs build. Things like hmm, what will be my minimally acceptable processor. Do I want on board graphics or separate adapter. The process of figuring out how to get the most bang for your buck and the balancing of performance, price and lifetime.
My favorite 2 distros are Arch (Antergos) and Solus
Great video. I'm running Xubuntu 16.04.1 64bit on a Lenovo Thinkpad T400 with a SSD and 4gb ram. Runs great no issues.
Hey Joe. I highly recommend Korora 24. I noticed the same issue with Ubuntu based distros. Korora is Fedora based and works great. It's been my daily driver for about a year now and I see no reason to change. The guys at Korora are awesome as well.
I'm really enjoying Antergos Xfce with deepin icons.
Arch forums can be sometimes less helpful and a bit mean but that can be a positive. If you are looking for an answer on ubuntu forum you will find a thread and the first 3-5 "answers" will be people saying they have the same problem, than there will be posts with questions for op, than his reply and finally there will be some posible solutions. On arch forums op posts a question with as much data as possible and the next post will be a possible solution.
Yes, I agree... Much of what's in the Ubuntu forums is useless.
Joe and Soto.... Agreed!!!
SotoJeleb Not to mention the people who post answers like 'not sure, sorry' or 'it's impossible if [irrelevant detail]'.
that's because people unwilling to "try" just post a very general broad question, that's what Windows is for lol. If you can't ask a question and provide details on why your having trouble then, yes!, GTFO and go filldle with your nuts on mint or elementary
I've been sticking with Mint on this laptop of mine, but this looks interesting. I'll have to give it a try. Thanks Joe.
Dan Hardisty mint is for beginners nd arch is for pros
i used mintfor about a week and i switched now to arch
I've been running Arch Linux for 5 years and it's been great. BTW, aur doesn't always build from source. Sometimes it opens up a DEB and installs that, as it is doing in this video 23:44 It does the same with Chrome. Building Chrome takes many hours.
i tried mint , ubuntu, fedora, opensuse, netrunner, manjaro but i never satisfies. i always end up installing antergos kde as my final choice.
the only distro which gives me what i exactly want with cutting edge.
Me too,but sometimes my Windows clear the grub u.u I can't rescue antergos. And re install again
@@patricializarazo4081 I use plain arch with which i could repair grub.
Great vidio Joe I have been using Mint 17.3 and have been hearing alot of good things about Arch distro's recently especial for old hardware I might have try Antergos.
I think to check for AUR updates using yaourt, you need to add the --aur option to the command, so it's: yaourt -Syu --aur. In my Arch install, if I don't add the --aur option, it only updates the none-AUR packages.
That is correct. Optionally you can just add -a so for example you can enter at the prompt
*user@localhost$* yaourt -Syua
and yaourt will sync your "foreign" packages
using antergos for a week now....amazing.
Gnome desktop works with no problems and rather pleased.. I wonder why the Cinnamon desktop won't load ohhh well.. But putting aside the desktop crash things seem to be rather quick in Antergos Arch. I'm loven it!
A much appreciated video, and having experienced some problems with Mint 18 Cinnamon on a Toshiba L755 I thought I'd give Antergos a try.
Arch will be your best choise. Pacman and Aur have everything you need and theyre awesome, super comfy!
I'll recomend to instal timeshift and have allways one backup before upgrade, since you can bring the backup from even a live usb... just until you get the hang on it.
I think you found your new distro. Antergos has a super friendly and helpful community, the opposite of Debian destroyer forum and Arch-Check the wiki helper. I run Arch and Antergos and must say I have had never a crash until now and you can add the stable kernel as second boot option in case you get a "latest" kernel crash. Also the -force command helps with updates including double name errors etc. Anetergos is a very user friendly and top helper distro and is as true as possible to Arch. Trying to find a con,but Antergos seems to be perfect by a perfect friendly community. And no, I am not working for Antergos, but I work with it. And I trust it enough to change my home server to Antergos minimal (headless).
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About to install this now as I've always wanted to try out an Arch install as well. Also, my Ubuntu 16.04 decided to not display the Unity bar at all after a restart. Tried to fix via the methods online, but no success. Tried Linux Mint with the same Nvidia driver as Ubuntu! and after a reboot it failed, so I'm looking for something else lol See Linux Action Show using Arch and it must be fairly stable if they run it in a production environment like that 😎 Seems you have gone back to Linux Mint on all machines though? Didn't decide to keep Antergos?
I'm guessing I just got a corrupted file during the install but in any case. I selected the Cinnamon Desktop during the install. When the system was done installing and rebooted. The Cinnamon desktop crashed and would not load. Gonna try installing again with Gnome.
Joe could you also so maybe consider doing a how to dealing with Manjaro?
What do you don't like about debian? What problems did you encounter?
The Antergos community is one of the best for new arch users. Arch wiki is great for advanced research for issues. But if you have problems with Antergos your best bet is ask the Antergos community in their forums first. A large amount questions are answered there. Please check out forum.antergos.com/ again they are amazing folks.
Also Joe Collins great video as always.
Joe. I cannot get Antergos on the Cinnamin desktop to run in Virtual Box. Always hangs in the black boot screen at "Reached Target Graphical Interface", And goes no further. There is little discusson on this problem, and no definative resolution. I have never had any problem getting anything to run in Virtual Box until now.. Any ideas?
Hi Joe I know what you mean. I've been using Ubuntu for years but recently started using Arch and liking it alot. Thanks for a great review
Excellent. May I suggest a video on on KaOS? I would love to hear your opinions about KaOS.
Great video! :) Antergos is easily my favorite distro, but these days I'm using Fedora just for one closed source software which is not working on anything but Ubuntu or Fedora. Solus seemed interesting, but I would stick with Antergos just for the AUR.
NIce video. Antergos is a really nice distro.Yes, it is a nice, easy, quick way to get started with Arch without the command line struggle - which I've gone through once and only once on my old eepc and got it right the 1st time ;)
I've been using it for almost a month I guess as my daily driver on my desktop, coming from Ubuntu Studio 14.04 and I like it a lot. Still getting a bit used to the new environment, including Gnome 3 which - yeah can be a pain sometimes - but you can easily tame it and customize it, and Antergos comes with Tweaks installed by default, that is great.
I remember installing Chrome from AUR without any problem... maybe I was lucky ;) Running v. 54 now.
How does it handle a 3 monitors setup? I've tried several distros, but the most hassle free has been the ubuntu one.
Please can you do a video on SliTaz? It's a really interesting tiny independent distro (it will definitely run on your hardware) with its own package manager (TazMan if I recall correctly). But unlike some small-size distros it's actually quite polished with ok community support. I'm not sure what its release policy is though. There is a way to convert its volatile no-save live distro to use a save file if you want to just use the live version for the video.
How do I get those exact type of icons on mint cinnamon? I like the rich coloring and full shape of the icons you have there in antergos (chromium, Firefox, thunderbird etc), they look as good as the Ubuntu Mate ones, but I’ve decided to settle on Mint as a beginner, but the default icons on Mint look square dull and miserable
Works very well with AMD r5 m230, Intel i5 4g . The problem is when windows 10 delete the grub, and antergos can't recovery,just reinstalling it comes back u.u
Hi Joe, I'm sure you have but I have to ask anyway, have you looked at OpenSUSE Tumbleweed?
Yes, I have and I'm not a fan. :)
Can you explain why?
I've been using arch for a few months, but being on bleeding edge was sometimes too annoying. For example, I need to recompile my programs. I am a researcher, and library updates are sometimes not an option for me. :-(
I've always been a fan of slackware. I stated testing arch a few weeks ago and I like it so far
Joe, any more updates on how your doing with Antergos.
I found some stemware issues that I need to figure out but other than that it's working fine. :)
Joe Collins Hey Joe, why is the cinnamon desktop your favorite compared to the mate desktop?? If mate is more mature,stable, has alot more themes available for it, and is in some cases, more modular than cinnamon when it comes to customization??
I just like Cinnamon better. MATE is great too. :)
This is my favorite distro and is the only one I plan to use from now on. Regards
if arch would use snaps, for instance, would it still break the system? you said: "you gonna get the latest software but you also get the latest bug. so once in a while it will break". It seems to me snaps are the perfect solution for a rolling release. what do you think?
Arch can use snaps and that might be a good way to go.:)
Chris, from the Linux Action Show, is a big Arch user and he's been able to use Snaps on his system!
thank you im now installing Antergos on my second HDD now time to decide which desktop to run
At least with Arch you break your system.
With Ubuntu Canonical breaks your system.
I personally like being responsible for my own system ;)
ッCrefas Xedafru lol...
ubuntu standard and apt-get install " what ever want "
That's funny sh!t right there.
JarppaGuru Arch linux standard pacman -Sy install
i've had problems with lmde on old laptop too
This video rocks -- I'm going to try this Arch Linux :) I will let you know how it goes!
1 guy more going for trap and install malware and backdoor evryone can add to AUR
Grammar understood bad but still.
That's why you check sources and the PKGBUILD before installing.
What about doing research before you post false information?
Well?
Hello Joe, are you able to install a VPN from AUR.
I thought Antergos was like Manjaro in that they had their own repositories and you could still install out of the AUR if needed. I must say though, I'm quite in love with Manjaro. Their KDE version is rather flawless at this point. Can't vouch for their community spins of Gnome, Cinnamon, Budgie, etc.. Haven't tried them. I've never had a system breaking update on it, though some people did have an issue with that AMD driver.
Hello :) My PC 4GB ram intel i3 1.70 ghz. What linux version you recomend to use? I only use PC for movie,music,chat with friends on facebook. and explore internet youtube and read news. I dont like windows 10 :( auto updates and not change to off.. I want switch to Linux
I always recommend Linux Mint for first time users. It's the easiest to install and comes fylly configured. :)
Thanks I try :) Linux Mint automatically detect internet drivers ?
Yes linux mint automatically installs drivers for most common hardware. So it should work :)
Make sure you check install 3rd party software during the install.
One of the first few questions.
Antergos also offers you numix square icons which are not free.
Note: Final release was April 2019.
Awesome vid - im gonna give antergos a go.
I like your ramblings a lot, btw
Should i go for Manjaro or this one? I want some distro for easily download updated software
My short lived trial of Antergos led me to believe that it's a bit closer to Arch than Manjaro. I currently run Manjaro, but I'm about to switch. I don't like the update release cycle....if you can call it that.
I will like to go arch but I'm happy with linux mint 17.3 still got lots to learn after jumping in to the deep end when messing up the windowns mbr spent days trying to fix it then gave up
There's no rush. 17.3 is stable and and works perfectly well. No need to go somewhere else if you're happy. :)
thx for the reply and by the way do you think Linux mint 18 is stable or is there to many issues ?
LM 18 is great as long as it works on your hardware... Very stable. :)
Hi what program you record desktop ? thx
Im pretty sure its pacman not pamac for package manager im guessing
The graphic file manager is called pamac. It's a front end for pacman.
Hi Joe, first of all I wanted to thank you for all that informative videos and tutorial you are posting. I was wondering if you have ever had a look at PClinuxOS, mate edition. It's a rolling release distro and it has an interesting concept. It uses rpm packages but uses apt and synaptic package manager to update and install software!
I've probably ran Arch for about 3 years now. And I've only reinstalled once due to an update breaking.
However I'm convinced that I would not have had to do it if I knew the system better, because what broke the system was the proprietary driver for my AMD graphics card.
I'd blame AMD for that one. :)
I agree with Joe. AMD does not want to be a friend to Linux.
RavenPrecept Nvidia has been the best option for quite a while, but if you are like me and don't game all that much. The open source drivers for AMD also works well.
The problem with AMD is proprietary driver's as they don't get updated frequently enough.
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Yeah, as a programmer the open source drivers will not hold you back for quite a while.
It's only if you need to optimize the code base to the extent that big gaming titles does that not having proprietary drivers would be a issue.
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Ok, well I'm just a full stack developer with focus on web development, and have previous experiences working with OpenGL and DirectX so OpenCL is not something I've looked in to my self:)
But guessing it somewhat like shaders in OpenGL using GLSL?
What about Manjaro?
Manjaro is the first of it's kind. Know major distros are releasing rolling releases. Where as Manjaro is trying to get a semi rolling release to work. Being set up at 3 weeks, 6 weeks or 3 months remains to be snyc files problem. They have a strong community to help iron out bugs, but brilliant idea can they make it work in the long run will see.
When I started with Arch I posted the same silly question on Arch Forums and on Manjaro Forum respectful and on the right place. Both communities answered me essentially the same way. Non of them was mean or nasty. Maybe it's just how you ask the question and where. This looks like yet an other installer Distro for Arch Linux, made by designers. Yet I have not seen many of those just like 4-5 . I am interested to see how is it better then Manjaro. The people that created this project look like they are in their 20s. I give it 1 to last maybe 2 depending on when their Bachelor exams are coming.
I too not liking the direction of Ubuntu as you said packages are being taken away and more bugs and issues coming at least on me they are therefore I looked at Solus liked it but not there yet for me in terms of software and features for the OS but getting there maybe in 6 months I will give another shot and see if they have improve things a bit but Antergos is nice as you can choose the GUI at the installation plus it is rolling release plus it has the latest updates on application which cool I guess so maybe I will try Arch even though I am a beginner still but been using Linux for a few years so why not :)
my fav distro maybe i will add this in my fav distro list elementary os and solus budgie and also dis
can i install antergos on my 32bit system
yes you should though there is this i think you should be concerned with www.archlinux.org/news/phasing-out-i686-support/
I will try arch linux for sure. I have washed my hand with UboonToo. I installed 17.10 GNome on a 4 year old hardware desktop and crashed couple of times seen blue screen memory dump also. Seems like it is worst than windows 7 which I use. Never seen blue screen on Windows 7.0 after installing. saying that I am swaping the windows SSD and back to bill gates.
I've tried Antergos 17.4, and it really is very bad distro, too slow. At
the moment I use Linux Lite, which works very fast or MX linux, the
latter has some things to solve so, for now, I stay in Linux Lite
looks interesting at the very least but the complete deal breaker for me is the "pacman" package managers i find it to be much to different from the "apt-get" stand-by whenever im going to install something on the system i always catch myself attempting to use "apt-get" and on arch for whatever reason this does nothing of course might there be anyone out there that can tell me how i can install "apt-get" and remove this annoyance of a feature called "pacman" I mean im all for upgrading to better things but you just dont fix what aint broke and to me changing a simple command like this certainly falls into that category this flavor of linux might be the final home for my pc but sadly this is a complete deal breaker for me and i know how silly that sounds but it seems to me an end user that learning use of linux is difficult enough without having to learn flavor specific syntax for commands already covered better elsewhere
There are Debian based rolling release distros out there.... Siduction, SolydxK, Sparky Linux, Aptosid, and Kali to name a few...all of them apt-get friendly.
Careful with 18.3 update that uses Wayland it does not play well with gnome 3.28 stick with xorg.
Arch linux and manjaro are the only linux distros that just work on my system. Mint, debian, ubuntu and many others just dont want to work, i dont understand why and im not a linux expert.
With me it is MInt and Manjaro. Any other Ubuntu based distro just doesn't work for me.
if you are gonna try antergos try the gnome enviroment. please its the best :D
joe try manjharo 17.1.5 its awesome runs solid try gnome version if you can run wayland otherwise install xfce or cinnamon version and then install gnome . manjaro lools awesome with gnome
I can relate to you, got fed up trying to install DE for Arch and configuring the .xiniitrc to execute i3, trying twm, trying startxfce4 .......... after that reading Xorg.0.log files and grepping EE, grepping WW and then searching the ungrateful Arch Linux forums for solutions where they would just point to the Arch Wiki without even a simple explanation or help. I don't hate them but be a little more helpful, atleast in the newbie section for godsake.
Finally decided to install Arch with pre-configured DE = Antergos
I set up the base Arch then I ran into multiple issues and got super frustrated and wasted my whole day looking through various forums and at last here I am.
"Minimum Cinnamon", say that 10 times real fast! :D
have loved most of this distro but looks like go back to Ubuntu based. This has programs I want but the HP Laser printer wont install. Tried all the things I have found to no avail. Printer install shouldnt be this hard. Ubuntu just add printer done. this server error, cups forbidden. after 6 hours trying fixes ready to give up and go back to ubuntu
Did you try Mint?
If you want to check if there's an update in Arch you do:
$ checkupdates
hey dude, I love your work but you have to make the videos shorter. I'm kinda out of time some time and when I look the video lenght I just skip it. but great work i learn a lot of stuff with you.
I don't make short videos. UA-cam is full of short videos. If my videos are too long for you then don't watch them.
THANK YOU JOE :)
RE google-chrome, I would try typing google-chrome-stable and try again.
I really don't see the Ubuntu 16.04.1 with any problem at all , the first month after the launch of this version reveal some problem with the wireless driver , but this is all pass .
In fact this LTS version is the most interessant in the last 6 years , tell in another way till the 12.04 LTS , my opinion is completely different about the Ubuntu direction , now Canonical begin to listen the users and the snap packages , the live patch etc , etc done to this operation system the first place on Linux distros .
But its not only good news , Canonical needs to begin ASAP building aplications , this job at the moment are done with another distros and in fact this not good news .
Antergos Gnome is my favorite distro. for sure, with the Arch repos and AUR/yaourt easy access to software, no need for ppas and apt-get update. Love the Gnome workflow and works well for gaming, video drivers and game clients work very well. Here is a video of current setup.
drive.google.com/open?id=0B--gHrwQuqtfeng5QW53Rmg4c1U
Arch linux no 1
thanks for the warning, just made it clear not to bother with arch. if the community are asshats to people who want to learn then the system isn't worth the effort.
mouserr Communities in the whole software industry forums are butt holes. Unless you go to a place specifically designed for newbies to ask questions, then nobody will give you the answer to a simple question.
I remember when I wanted some python code to switch my desktop background at specific hours and I couldn't figure out how to do the swap so I asked it on stackoverflow. 1 guy answered. He didn't even know python. He just gave me some C++ code, told me to translate it to python and left me to my struggles. I still haven't completed that program to this day...
Well...there is the Arch wiki...
Devs do not have time to play 20 questions.
arch based distro teach you if you break your system you will also know how to fix it..
LOL you enable AUR and i did see my source. instal install. you think you secure now :)))
i love AUR people like latest and alots new stuff.after 1 week i had 800+ backdoors when pople installed my packs lol and they propably not have any clue when pack is for hackers lol . i use debian HAHA
chrome is been updated that,s why
Antergos OK...I've used it before.
well unfortunately this video and distro even ubuntu sadly turned me away from Linux. i'll stick with windows, thanks but no thanks..
Latest ≠ Robust. Enough said.
Hmmm, interesting. :)
what you did just say? install latest ubuntu and then update it take hours? LOL when you install it download every latest updates(disable updates) ubuntu never updates you have working ubuntu for years yes it works you not need newest nano text editor every week +1000 other small apps update. you sure not need update base system.your system allready work. dont let others tell your system need update?!?.
you just enable AUR if you need something from there even take 1minute that is 1 minute more LOL have good fun install apps that other hackers do LOL. would be fun if your system not crash when install who did some sunday users that know anything
Grammar. Also, can you please learn how to "UA-cam" and get your seperated comments to a single message. Thanks.
RTFM!!!
I think anybody with half a brain is capable of following step-by-step instructions, it doesn't mean you understand what is actually happening as you copypaste a bunch of commands from someone else's tutorial.
definetly you dont want install anything from AUR LOL
and arch linux based on? yes you better install that LOL or just install debian that 99.9% based LOL you can install everything same you have on screen. omg every distro!! they all same. distros not make programs. they just distribute it. yes bugs lol yes AUR sunday hackers can upload anything there and you install them
lazy here too :)