Now that we are talking about it - I actually decided to go back and reinstall so I could check out Arch Linux and fully see where it is since the last time I installed it.
I am presently running:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
So what I sorted out is that you can sign up for an account with VMWare and if you login they will allow you a free license to run whatever as long as you vouch that you are not using it for commercial purposes.
That said now I am firing off VMs left and right checking these out.
https://archlinux.org/download/
#Server = https://dfw.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://iad.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Looks liek they have a fresh listing of repos available, too, so I am finding a local one and giving their netboot a shoot.
EDIT:
Looks like this is in place:
https://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/iso/latest/
Parent Directory
arch/
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso.sig
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso.torrent
archlinux-bootstrap-2021.08.01-x86_64.tar.gz
archlinux-bootstrap-2021.08.01-x86_64.tar.gz.sig
md5sums.txt
sha1sums.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/91c209.mp4 // had to crop out some info so I didn't dox
Tried out a screen there.
SECOND_SPEZ:
I'm sorry! I totally got sidetracked on bullshit and hyper-focused on that.
You said:
Honestly, I'll probably try arch at some point, if for no other reason to learn what's going on under the hood and have it easier to diagnose and fix problems in other distros
Honestly that's wehre my draw to any distro is now: package management.
I mean being that Linux is the idea that you basically have a filesystem, of which there are many and multiple types, and then a kernel that allows you to build, exec(), and otherwise - the only real core basis is that package management and process delegation, right? By that I mean after a point the only thing that is really changing between whatever distro you are running is the software package collection itself and how those packages are applied to the system, right?
Way I see it now is we essentially have the following: https://linuxconfig.org/comparison-of-major-linux-package-management-systems
- aptitude ( debian / ubuntu / etc )
- Yellow Dog Update Manager/ YUM ( Fedora / RockyLinux / AlmaLinux / CentOS / RHE )
- Arch ( pacman )
- Portage ( Gentoo / Emerge itself )
Once we dust off all of that there is not much of a difference
Now that we are talking about it - I actually decided to go back and reinstall so I could check out Arch Linux and fully see where it is since the last time I installed it.
I am presently running:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
So what I sorted out is that you can sign up for an account with VMWare and if you login they will allow you a free license to run whatever as long as you vouch that you are not using it for commercial purposes.
That said now I am firing off VMs left and right checking these out.
https://archlinux.org/download/
#Server = https://dfw.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://iad.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Looks liek they have a fresh listing of repos available, too, so I am finding a local one and giving their netboot a shoot.
EDIT:
Looks like this is in place:
https://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/iso/latest/
Parent Directory
arch/
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso.sig
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso.torrent
archlinux-bootstrap-2021.08.01-x86_64.tar.gz
archlinux-bootstrap-2021.08.01-x86_64.tar.gz.sig
md5sums.txt
sha1sums.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/91c209.mp4 // had to crop out some info so I didn't dox
Tried out a screen there.
SECOND_SPEZ:
I'm sorry! I totally got sidetracked on bullshit and hyper-focused on that.
You said:
Honestly, I'll probably try arch at some point, if for no other reason to learn what's going on under the hood and have it easier to diagnose and fix problems in other distros
Honestly that's wehre my draw to any distro is now: package management.
I mean being that Linux is the idea that you basically have a filesystem, of which there are many and multiple types, and then a kernel that allows you to build, exec(), and otherwise - the only real core basis is that package management and process delegation, right? By that I mean after a point the only thing that is really changing between whatever distro you are running is the software package collection itself and how those packages are applied to the system, right?
Way I see it now is we essentially have the following: https://linuxconfig.org/comparison-of-major-linux-package-management-systems
- aptitude ( debian / ubuntu / etc )
- Yellow Dog Update Manager/ YUM ( Fedora / RockyLinux / AlmaLinux / CentOS / RHE )
- Arch ( pacman )
- Portage ( Gentoo / Emerge itself )
Once we dust off all of that there is not much of a difference
Now that we are talking about it - I actually decided to go back and reinstall so I could check out Arch Linux and fully see where it is since the last time I installed it.
I am presently running:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
So what I sorted out is that you can sign up for an account with VMWare and if you login they will allow you a free license to run whatever as long as you vouch that you are not using it for commercial purposes.
That said now I am firing off VMs left and right checking these out.
https://archlinux.org/download/
#Server = https://dfw.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://iad.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Looks liek they have a fresh listing of repos available, too, so I am finding a local one and giving their netboot a shoot.
EDIT:
Looks like this is in place:
https://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/iso/latest/
Parent Directory
arch/
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso.sig
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso.torrent
archlinux-bootstrap-2021.08.01-x86_64.tar.gz
archlinux-bootstrap-2021.08.01-x86_64.tar.gz.sig
md5sums.txt
sha1sums.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/91c209.mp4 // had to crop out some info so I didn't dox
Tried out a screen there.
Now that we are talking about it - I actually decided to go back and reinstall so I could check out Arch Linux and fully see where it is since the last time I installed it.
I am presently running:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
So what I sorted out is that you can sign up for an account with VMWare and if you login they will allow you a free license to run whatever as long as you vouch that you are not using it for commercial purposes.
That said now I am firing off VMs left and right checking these out.
https://archlinux.org/download/
#Server = https://dfw.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://iad.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Looks liek they have a fresh listing of repos available, too, so I am finding a local one and giving their netboot a shoot.
EDIT:
Looks like this is in place:
https://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/iso/latest/
Parent Directory
arch/
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso.sig
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso.torrent
archlinux-bootstrap-2021.08.01-x86_64.tar.gz
archlinux-bootstrap-2021.08.01-x86_64.tar.gz.sig
md5sums.txt
sha1sums.txt
Tried out a screen there.
Now that we are talking about it - I actually decided to go back and reinstall so I could check out Arch Linux and fully see where it is since the last time I installed it.
I am presently running:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
So what I sorted out is that you can sign up for an account with VMWare and if you login they will allow you a free license to run whatever as long as you vouch that you are not using it for commercial purposes.
That said now I am firing off VMs left and right checking these out.
https://archlinux.org/download/
#Server = https://dfw.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://iad.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Looks liek they have a fresh listing of repos available, too, so I am finding a local one and giving their netboot a shoot.
EDIT:
Looks like this is in place:
https://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/iso/latest/
Parent Directory
arch/
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso.sig
archlinux-2021.08.01-x86_64.iso.torrent
archlinux-bootstrap-2021.08.01-x86_64.tar.gz
archlinux-bootstrap-2021.08.01-x86_64.tar.gz.sig
md5sums.txt
sha1sums.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/7s6tl0.mp4
Tried out a screen there.
Now that we are talking about it - I actually decided to go back and reinstall so I could check out Arch Linux and fully see where it is since the last time I installed it.
I am presently running:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
So what I sorted out is that you can sign up for an account with VMWare and if you login they will allow you a free license to run whatever as long as you vouch that you are not using it for commercial purposes.
That said now I am firing off VMs left and right checking these out.
https://archlinux.org/download/
#Server = https://dfw.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://iad.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
#Server = https://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Looks liek they have a fresh listing of repos available, too, so I am finding a local one and giving their netboot a shoot.