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Arch Linux: Fast and Light!
Arch Linux: Fast and Light!
Arch Linux: Fast and Light!
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Arch Linux: Fast and Light!

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The Linux landscape is full of diverse applications that contain different performance/functionality trade-offs. To the beginner it can often be challenging to find the right applications that fulfill his/her needs. This guide introduces the reader to ArchLinux (a lightweight and flexible linux distro that tries to keep it simple) and the best lightweight and fast apps that are out there.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherFrank Cheung
Release dateApr 21, 2014
ISBN9781310763762
Arch Linux: Fast and Light!
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Frank Cheung

Frank Cheung was born in the Netherlands where he lived till he was 12. He spent 6 years in Hong Kong and then moved to the United Kingdom where he currently works as a freelance software developer with 15+ years of commercial experience. He is married to Jennie Lam, a freelance makeup artist, with 2 children.

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Arch Linux - Frank Cheung

ArchLinux - Fast and Light!

By Frank Cheung

Cover Design by Sanjay Purswani

Copyright 2014 Frank Cheung

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1. Introduction

1.1 Why ArchLinux?

1.2 The Arch Way

1.3 Trying out ArchLinux

2. Appearance

2.1 Display/Login Manager

2.2 Tiling Window Managers

2.3 Floating Window Managers

2.4 Desktop Environments

2.5 System Panels/Menus/Trays

3. Tools

3.1 Shells

3.2 Terminal Emulators

3.3 File Managers

3.4 Network Managers

3.5 Package Managers

3.6 Archive Managers

3.7 System Monitors

3.8 Security/Backup Utilities

4. Multimedia

4.1 CD Burners

4.2 CD Rippers

4.3 Image Viewers

4.4 Image Editors (Raster)

4.5 Image Editors (Vector)

4.6 Music Players

4.7 Video Players

5. Office

5.1 Text Editors

5.2 Office Apps (Word Processing)

5.3 Office Apps (Spreadsheet/Math)

5.4 PDF Readers

6. Communication

6.1 Email Clients

6.2 IRC Clients

6.3 Instant Messengers

7. Web

7.1 Web Browsers

7.2 Torrent Clients

7.3 RSS Readers

7.4 Web Utilities

1. Introduction

The Linux landscape is full of diverse applications that contain different performance/functionality trade-offs. To the

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