Is everything serious? Five Best Arch Linux Based Distributions Archlinux Derivative Distributions.


There are a huge number of Linux operating systems, each of which offers one or another advantage. Various OS options can make it difficult to choose and take a considerable amount of time to find the one you need specifically for your tasks. Ubuntu, Mint, Elementary, Fedora, OpenSUSE... the list of user-friendly distros can seem like an endless story. Need a simpler OS? For games? Or perhaps you need a multimedia distribution for comfortable viewing and listening to media content? All of them are available.

Here is a regularly updated list of Linux operating systems, optimally suited to the specific needs and requirements of the project. Material - adaptive translation of an article by Christian Cawley.

Here is the list:

Linux for beginners

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a Debian-based distribution, a new version of the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu has been released - 17.10 Artful Aardvark with the Gnome 3 (3.26) graphical shell and Gnome Shell (it is characterized by higher customization and flexibility). Ubuntu is one of the most widely used Linux OS. When switching to Linux, most likely this distribution will be one of the first that you start using. There's even a Raspberry version for Raspberry Pi. Only the 64-bit edition (1.4 GB) is available for downloading version 17.10.

Features and changes:

New GNOME Desktop - The biggest change is in the desktop environment. In Ubuntu 17.10, Unity is replaced by GNOME, version 3.26.1.
- Wayland (interaction protocol between KOM and clients). By default, the display server is Wayland, but for systems and users who prefer X.Org, you can select the “Ubuntu on X.org” session
- new Caribou on-screen keyboard
- server build with updated versions of QEMU 2.10, libvirt 3.6, DPDK 17.05.2, Open vSwitch 2.8, Samba 4.6.7

About the main innovations by following the link


There are many versions of SparkyLinux available, but this is perhaps the most successful if you choose a “game-oriented” distribution. Together with Sparky Linux GameOver, users have access to pre-installed games, a Steam client, PlayOnLinux and Wine for running games written for Window, as well as DOSbox.

Security distributions

Kali Linux


Kali Linux (formerly BackTrack) is a good computer security operating system based on the Linux kernel. The distribution is popular for conducting security tests; the Debian-based OS comes with more than 600 security utilities.

Parted Magic


Parted Magic is a lightweight Linux distribution designed for partition management. LiveCD
for disk partitioning, a small distribution kit for emergency rescue work. On 80 MB there are many specialized utilities, an X server, and the Xfce working environment.

GParted


GParted (GNOME Partition Editor) is another universal distribution that allows you to manage partitions on hard drives and storage devices. Perform various disk operations using GParted.

TAILS


TAILS is a Debian-based Linux distribution specifically designed to provide privacy and anonymity. The OS is open source, uses Tor technologies, to install it you need a CD/DVD drive or USB flash drive, SD card, 64-bit (x86-64) compatible processor, 2 GB of RAM.

Distributions for corporate clients

Red Hat Enterprise Linux


Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a commercial project based on Fedora, designed to meet the needs of corporate clients. Support for 10 years, no support for MP3 and DivX, access to binary update packages is paid.


Red Hat Enterprise Linux is used to deploy mission-critical applications on global exchanges, financial institutions, leading telecommunications companies, and animation studios
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SUSE Linux Enterprise


SUSE Linux Enterprise is a Linux distribution from SUSE, a ready-made and flexible OS for workstations that simplifies working with various office software. Two versions, server and desktop, are a reliable solution for enterprises. Distribution based on .rpm packages. There are two modifications of the distribution - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. The first modification is characterized by reliability and high speed; this distribution is suitable for building high-performance servers. The second modification of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop for corporate desktop users.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 - with an updated kernel 3.12, the system manager systemd is used, using kraft technology you can update the Linux kernel without rebooting and interrupting the system's workflow, a new installer that does not require additional intermediate reboots, a new Wicked framework, a YaST configurator in Ruby , MariaBD instead of МYSQL, support for Btrfs and Ceph file systems, support for the virt-sandbox package, GNOME 3.10 graphical shell, but you can choose the familiar SUSE Linux Enterprise Classic.

Make your choice by choosing the right distribution that is best suited for your work and projects.

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Would you ever like to have KDE combined with Arch Linux? You can install Arch Linux and then install KDE on it, or if you don't have time, you can install some other distribution based on Arch Linux.

In addition to Antergos, Manjaro, Apricity OS, there is also Bluestar Linux. Video: manjaro linux like Arch Linux only easier

The main difference between this distribution is the uniqueness of the already configured KDE desktop environment.

The developers of the Bluestar Linux distribution really tried and greatly changed the appearance of KDE.

Let's take a look at this Linux distribution.

System requirements

  • Free space on internal storage: minimum 4 gigabytes and 10 recommended;
  • RAM: minimum 512 megabytes and 1 gigabyte recommended;
  • Processor: 1 GHz x86.

Panels and docks

After launching the pre-recorded image, you will see the system interface. The standard KDE Dock has been replaced with the Cairo Dock. The panel you see above is based on the standard KDE panel. It is divided into three parts.

In the top left corner there is the first part where you can open the application list and get quick access to some applications.

The second part is also on top, but in the center. It shows up if you hover your mouse over it. This panel contains the system tray, clock, notification area and other widgets.

The third part of the panel is in the upper right corner, where you can turn off your computer, switch to another desktop, etc.

Desktop

Initially, you will find three widgets on your desktop: a home folder widget, a clock, and a disk space widget. By default, these widgets are locked, but they can be deleted.

To unlock widgets, right-click on any of the widgets and select Default Desktop Options > Unlock Widgets.

Now you need to hover your mouse over the widget, press and hold the left mouse button until a hidden bar opens where you can resize, customize the widget, and delete it.

List of applications You can view the list of applications in the panel located in the upper left corner.

Note: The list below does not include all the applications included with Bluestar Linux, but only the most common ones.

Tools for work

  • KOrganizer;
  • LibreOffice;
  • Okular;
  • Sieve Editor.

Development Tools

  • GHex;
  • KAppTemplate;
  • KUIViewer;
  • Qt Assistant;
  • Qt Designer.

Video: bluestar-linux 4.11.7 (2017.07.01)

Graphics applications

  • GIMP;
  • Gwenview;
  • ColourPaint.

Internet applications

  • Akregator;
  • Avahi SSH Server Browser;
  • Blogilo;
  • Chromium;
  • Cloud Storage Manager;
  • Dropbox;
  • FileZilla;
  • Firefox;
  • KGet;
  • MEGASync;
  • Pidgin;
  • QTransmission.

Video: BlueStar Linux 4.7.5 KDE

Multimedia applications

  • AMZ Downloader;
  • Amarok;
  • Dragon Player;
  • GNOME Alsa Mixer;
  • Kdenlive;
  • KsCD;
  • SMPlayer;
  • SMTube;

Other utilities

  • Caffeine;
  • ClipIt;
  • Disks;
  • Filelight;
  • Galculator;
  • Jovie;
  • KGpg;
  • Kate;
  • SuperKaramba;
  • Sweeper.

Another nice feature of this distribution is the presence of all the necessary codecs, so you don’t have to install them yourself.

Installing Bluestar Linux


First, you need to download and burn the Bluestar Linux image to a flash drive or disk. Once you boot into LiveCD mode, you need to open the Applications menu and launch Bluestar Linux Graphical Installer.

The installation is done graphically and is quite simple.

Post-installation setup

Bluestar Linux is a Rolling Release distribution, so your package databases should always be up to date.

After installation, open a terminal in the applications menu and enter this command there: $ sudo pacman-optimize && sync Now we can update the packages themselves using this command:

In my daily work, I like to use the browser as a player, snapping it to the left side of the screen, and VS Code leaving space on the right, since newer versions of Windows handle window snapping well. Unfortunately, even the screen space of a 27-inch monitor is catastrophically small for all “wants”, so I’m increasingly wanting to buy a second monitor.
My main browser is Vivaldi and it is good in everything, except that by default it uses absolutely disgusting, thick scrollbars straight from the past. The screen is already small, and then there are scrollbars 15 pixels thick. Fortunately, fixing this problem is as easy as pie and doesn't even require you 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 truly modern scrollbar that appears only when you scroll and is hidden the rest of the time.
I would also like to recommend a little-known extension for Chrome browsers from Google itself, which allows you to unpin a video from YouTube and watch it even on your desktop as in a miniplayer or as happens in MacOS with video.

June 24, 2019

I suddenly had a sufficient amount of free time in my personal life 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 engage in freelancing. Having come into close contact with the topic of web development, I realized that it simply would not happen and the Internet has come an incredible way over these ten years (it was then that I fully tried to self-teach myself design and website layout).
Millennials have come up with new trendy names for web developers: front-end and back-end. The front-end renders a website from a layout drawn by a professional designer, adds various simple javascript scripts (so you need to know how to program) and possibly screws the layout into a 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 you could learn how to layout in HTML5 and learn CSS in order to proudly be called a layout designer, now these are basic skills with which you cannot find a job in any web studio, because few people need layout itself. The stack of technologies required for modern website development has grown incredibly and the layout designer is now a bit of a programmer, and the programmer, if necessary, can layout the layout and make the interface himself. But in our time it was possible to “cut up” a website and layout it on tables...

Here's a short summary knowledge and tips that I learned during a month of hard homeschooling:

  1. is now the most popular code editor that covers 90% of the tasks of all front-end developers. Atom is not popular because of its buggy and slowness, but Sublime Text Only old web developers are sitting there, who are simply accustomed to this “notepad” over years of use.
  2. You can’t do without the hated Adobe Photoshop when working with layouts. This is the de facto industry standard. Yes, very cool alternatives have appeared, like paid online services Avocode, Zeppelin or Figma, but they are more designed for the rapid development of mobile interfaces, rather than website layouts. And although they declare support psd, with more or less complex layouts there will definitely be problems. Not to mention they don't read text layer options correctly and don't display/disable overlay effects. The guys who created Sketch for Mac OS squandered 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 they provide discounts and long trial periods for students.
  3. Our Internet is now very vector and hypertext, so the vector graphics format SVG used everywhere. It would be a good idea to have the vector graphics editor Inkscape open on your computer in conjunction with Photoshop to open and edit such files. Well, or draw a couple of arrows, if nothing beautiful is alien to you.
  4. Professional training in online courses is quite expensive: from 12,000 - 20,000 rubles and above, I’m generally silent about the advanced level of knowledge (for which companies usually pay, 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 will study myself. During the courses, you pay not for the lectures themselves (instead, you can read a bunch of articles on the topic for free), but for the mentors’ work with you, for working on mistakes and assessing your real knowledge. I am not encouraging anyone to run out and sign up for any courses, but by studying on your own, you will not gain some knowledge. Not to mention the possibility of unknowingly acquiring “wrong knowledge and practicing bad practices.”
  5. The human brain is able to adequately perceive new information for no more than 4 hours, then a sharp drop in efficiency begins.
  6. Without practices your knowledge is worthless. 80% of your training should be practice, and 20% learning theory and lectures. This is precisely the most valuable thing in online courses, which you will not download on torrents: there they will kick you in every possible way, give and check homework, and show you where to improve your knowledge.
  7. Be prepared for the fact that website development technologies change every 2 years: old browsers die out, new frameworks and layout methods appear. Be ready to learn new things. Eh, but I really remember those times when pages were laid out in tables and were just switching to “divas”. And now those who make layouts only as “divas” will be looked at askance - flexboxes are now in fashion.
  8. There are many free PSD templates on the Internet that you can download, design and make a portfolio out of. 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 made, or where the layout designers screwed up (childish mistakes are often encountered).
    Beginner developer page
  9. It is extremely difficult for a newbie to find work on freelance exchanges. As I already said, they simply rarely order layout, and if they do, then these simple orders are intercepted by craftsmen who, of course, will do it very quickly and with high quality. There are exchanges for complete 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 a completed order, imposes a limit on withdrawal of money and requires payment of a subscription 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 now it’s paid, and you can’t get there because of the Indians.
  10. I learned cool concepts: semantic layout, adaptive layout, flexbox, grids, pixel perfect, cross-browser compatibility. Without real knowledge of these things, they won’t even talk to you as a layout designer.
  11. You will be surprised, but Internet Explorer is not dead yet. The 11th version of this “wonderful” browser, which the creators from Microsoft themselves buried, is still alive and is included in the concept called “cross-browser compatibility” (and sometimes it is necessary to ensure that the layout and operation of the site is consistent in Chinese mobile browsers and Opera Mini, where it does not work half of modern web technologies). And IE 11 will definitely break your layout, because it is different from browsers based on Chromium and Gecko (Firefox).
    Once you start layout, you will very soon want to install a second monitor. This is a work necessity
  12. Soft Skills work as before (since the time of the Neanderthals). Namely: the ability to communicate with customers, advertise yourself, look for clients where your many competitors have not thought of - all this will help you find a job and receive a stable income. Well, or it will help you ask for money for food near the church using “selling texts” on cardboard (sad joke).
  13. All relevant and high-quality information on HTML and CSS technologies is only in English, so basic English is a necessity (to be honest, I have not yet met a developer who did not understand English from word to word - some use online dictionaries at the training stage, professionals taught with tutors). This information is often (poorly) translated and posted on the Medium blogging platform, and then stolen by all sorts of YouTubers, whom I do not recommend watching (there are not very many suitable Russian-speaking developer bloggers on front-end topics). Oh yes, never watch Gosha Dudar’s videos - this is Timur Sidelnikov from the world of programming. Freelancers love running YouTube channels because it's a great advertisement for their skills, but whether they teach the right things... that's a big question. For many things that they easily show in their videos, you will be scolded by team leads in web studios.
  14. 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 of three people who know how to create a design on Wordpress and work with jQuery at most).
  15. By the way, if you learn how to “stretch a 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 Wordpress sites in the world is constantly falling, but they are still about 40%.
  16. The vast majority of web developers (as well as users) work on Windows and do not have cool 4K monitors, so Retina and layout for Safari are exotic things that few people need. But the share of users who access the site from mobile devices can be more than 60%, so your site must work correctly and look good on smartphones and tablets.
  17. Time! Some believe that layout can be thoroughly studied in 2 months and another six months can be spent learning the basics of javascript, automation tools and a popular framework. In any case, it’s crazy to think that now you’ll quickly learn and go make money with your knowledge. The volume of material for obtaining the status of “junior web developer” is 2000 hours of lectures and practice.
  18. Professional programmers love mechanical keyboards, but how loud they are at night (I have cherry mx black)! Take the keyboard to cherry mx red to make it at least 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 number pad is annoying (and front-end developers need to enter numbers often), but this is a fairly old keyboard model and can be found in Russia for the price 4500 rubles. However, for 5,000 rubles you can already choose a normal keyboard with the switches you like.

The front-end path is very complex and thorny; knowledge becomes outdated and requires updating almost every year (with the release of a new version of the framework used). But personally, I like this activity and it would be cool if the knowledge I acquired was also paid for, allowing me to change my current profession to a new one. The one who walks will master the road.

June 10, 2019

There are a lot of good games announced at the ongoing E3 exhibition, but the announcement caught my attention Microsoft Flight Simulator. The dead king of civil aviation flight simulators is back to kick X-plane And Prepar3D. I would really like to see a triumphant return and there is hope for this, even after a disastrous Microsoft Flight , which, although a beautiful game, was a completely useless game for simulation fans. It’s scary to imagine, but a full-fledged numbered simulator 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 it is a cool 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 the modding community their game has no future, and they will open an API for creating missions, maps and planes. Many people now have a business built on this, and a high-quality, well-developed airport scenario or airplane for the previous version of the simulator can cost under $100 and they are willing to buy them. If Microsoft wants to make money from this, well, organize the sale of add-ons for the game through your store, take a percentage. This will be better than releasing a “dead” game in which nothing can be changed and pushing users endless paid DLC (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 use in aviation simulators for a long time, and enthusiasts, of course, tried to implement it in MS FS, but it did not gain much popularity.
The simulator will be released in 2020.

June 9, 2019

With the release of the penultimate update of Windows 10 and Nvidia drivers, I was struck by a disgusting hardware problem that was simply impossible to catch and fix - the monitor briefly turned 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 “ardent” Nvidia, but rather in the hardware problem of the 2014 video card itself, a Chinese cable from Aliespress and a modern monitor from Dell for 35,000 rubles (which is quite offensive).
When I started googling the problem, I realized that there are thousands of us suffering like this 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 shamanic 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 a standard one, having found in the Internet a file with bios for the GPU, which has not been on the manufacturer’s website for a long time (maybe they are ashamed of their products?). The problem goes away for a day or two, and then the screen starts to insidiously turn off again while playing a game or when using the Chrome browser like mine. Working while constantly waiting for the monitor to turn off is extremely psychologically uncomfortable (personally, I involuntarily burst out into swearing and my eye begins to twitch from this).
I tried almost everything suggested on the Internet: I plugged the cable into another slot - it helped for a while, but the problem returned again and again! In addition, when I went into the BIOS and saw how the screen twitched and turned off, I realized that this The problem is exclusively with the video card and the Chinese displayport cable, and not the operating system at all. Thus, for myself, I radically solved this very unpleasant problem with turning off the monitor - I stopped using 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 in 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, or a gamer with a 4K 144 Hz monitor, but a regular computer user who needs to prevent the monitor from turning off suddenly! And if you still need a displayport cable, then you should probably bother 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 video card manufacturer, the unknown manufacturer of the displayport cable (in its defense, I will say that it worked perfectly for six months without any complaints) or me, when I was cleaning the computer from dust and accidentally touched something. Or maybe no one is particularly to blame, because in 2014 Nvidia made support for displayport versions 1.3 and 1.4 for its video cards, without having an officially accepted specification, and in the end they did it a little incorrectly, and when in 2018 cables and monitors appeared that required dp cables of new versions (high-resolution monitors and screen refresh rates), they began to fix this by flashing the firmware.
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 problems and troubles that video cards caused me Nvidia(three of them simply burned out, the last two gave a blue screen of death in games, scams with 4 GB of memory, which in fact are only 3.5), I’m thinking about moving to the camp AMD. Yes, “red” video cards do not always shine with performance, game developers rarely optimize their games for them, some of the cards are quite hot, but absolutely all the AMD cards I bought are still alive and work great.

Honor Band 4 I decided to start with something simple: giving up flour and running in the morning, and to make running less boring, I decided to buy a fitness bracelet that is fashionable this season, fortunately 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: a sophisticated Huawei Honor Band 4 with a bright AMOLED screen and a bunch of functions, and more budget and simpler 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’s also worth paying attention to Amazfit brand products - people praise them, but their price is 3,000 rubles. Honor Band 4 has more functions and types of workouts (ha, it even has Chinese gymnastics), but it also costs more, and besides, you have to pay for the opportunity 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 charging process for the Honor Band is very simple - using a small docking station that connects from below . But Xiaomi's charging is not very convenient: you need to pick it out of the strap.
There are a large number of videos on YouTube with comparisons between Honor Band 4 and Mi Band 3, but most reviewers come to the conclusion that Honor Band 4 is naturally better. The only advantage of the Xiaomi fitness bracelet is the price: you can buy it for 1,800 rubles with delivery from China. I bought Honor Band 4 for 2200 rubles from a store that has a warehouse in Russia, so they brought it to me in just a week by courier. Don’t even think about buying Honor Band 4 from the official Russian store Huawei: They have become completely insolent and are charging 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 it won’t hit your wallet too hard.
Huawei Honor Band 4 is made 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 as a kit (two small strips cost me an additional 100 rubles to the final price). I figured out how to turn on and update the device immediately and without any instructions. This is not so difficult if the device only has one button (and a touch screen, of course). I used the proprietary app to pair Huawei Health, which detected the bracelet using the turned on bluetooth and offered to update it, after which it uploaded the new firmware for 20 minutes (this was extremely necessary, 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 your pulse and also monitor your sleep, but I personally find it uncomfortable to sleep with it on, and there are people who don’t take it off around the clock, even in the shower, since it’s waterproof. Another problem with a bracelet (and a watch, for a person who has given up wearing them) is that out of habit, you constantly touch all sorts of things with it, doors, tables, etc.
Naturally, the bracelet works well with your phone and it can send you notifications (quite strong vibration), SMS, messages from programs like Twitter, weather, etc. to the bracelet. In addition, you have the opportunity to enable the bracelet to unlock the phone when they are nearby, and the bracelet has the “Where is my phone?” function, after turning on 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 coordinates via GPS (for this you need devices like Huawei Band 3 Pro, which are more expensive - prices start at 2800 rubles), but if you run with your phone, then the Health application can link your coordinates to a map and save tracks. Personally, I wouldn’t run with a phone, but for cyclists and tourists it’s perfect.
Both Huawei and Xiaomi have lightweight, budget versions of their fitness bracelets, which are not worth taking. In terms of price, they are 1000 rubles cheaper, but can't measure pulse. Honor has the Honor Band 4 Running Edition, which can only count steps. For me personally (an overweight person), constantly measuring my heart rate is important. And for ordinary runners, when training, it is important not to keep your heart rate high to avoid muscle pain.
Thus, prices for fitness bracelets have now fallen to an acceptable psychological level. I hope this purchase motivates someone to exercise every day.
Author: Derrik Diener
Date of publication: January 1, 2015
Translation: A. Krivoshey
Transfer date: 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 a terminal. Many people like it. Arch gives users the freedom to build the system they like.
If you don't like building your own system from scratch, that's okay. There are a bunch of Arch Linux derivative distributions, each of which has its own characteristics, despite the fact that they are all based on Arch.

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

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

Do you love KDE, Arch Linux, and want everything to work out of the box? Today only a few distributions offer you such functionality, and among them is Chakra Linux. The distribution is positioned as completely tailored for KDE, so in the official repositories of the distribution you will find programs only 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 KDE will appeal to absolutely everyone, but for those who are comfortable with it, Chakra offers an excellent system for rapid deployment with KDE on Arch Linux.

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

Another strong point of Manjaro is the presence of several editions of the distribution, which sets it apart from its competitors. ArchBang offers you a heavily redesigned Openbox, and if you don't like it, you won't be able to 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 version with XFCE is considered canonical, but in addition to it, you can choose any of the many other editions offered (both official and made by the community). Manjaro suits almost everyone!

Arch Linux is positioned as easy to learn. It also uses the official Arch repositories. Bridge Linux is not tailored to 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 not everyone's cup of tea. Many people prefer to simply install the system and use it. The distributions presented in our review will allow such users to also join Arch.

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 installs as a minimalist base platform that is highly customizable by the user by installing individual components needed for specific needs.

GUI configuration utilities are not officially provided and most configuration operations are performed using the command line and a text editor. Using a rolling release model, Arch always includes the latest versions of most applications.

Arch Linux Review

Arch Linux is an independently developed Linux distribution optimized for i686- and x86-64 architectures and intended for experienced Linux users. “pacman” is used as a standard package manager - the solution updates applications and tracks all dependencies. Arch Linux is released on a rolling release system and can be installed not only using a disk, but also via an FTP server. The standard installation provides a solid base that allows users to create their own builds. In addition, the Arch Build System (ABS) allows you to create new packages, change the configuration of 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 Arch philosophy):

Simplicity*

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

Arch Linux stands for simplicity by eliminating unnecessary additions, modifications, and complications. The distribution 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 supplies configuration files - these include only distribution-restricted changes, such as adjusting the path of system files. Automation features are not 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 as long as system package problems can be eliminated. The distribution uses a rolling release system, which allows for a one-time installation with regular updates, without the need to reinstall or perform complex 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, software RAID support, udev and initcpio, and the latest version of the system kernel.

Pragmatism

Arch is more of a pragmatic distribution than an ideological one. Design decisions were made by the development community on an individual basis through discussion and technical analysis.

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

User-centric

While GNU/Linux tries to be more user-friendly, Arch Linux has always been focused on end users. Arch is able to meet the needs of a specific 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 review the documentation in search of a solution.

Each user can contribute by reporting bugs, improving the community wiki documentation, and providing technical support to 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, the command line environment becomes available. Instead of cluttering the system with unnecessary packages, the user gets the opportunity to install only the set of tools necessary for specific tasks. Arch Linux's design and implementation philosophy makes it easy to extend the system's capabilities from a console machine to a system with a desktop environment of choice.


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