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Since I’m getting large sets of packages to install on a different computer, I was stuck with some time to spend at Arch’s virtual console.  I installed lynx and elinks so I could read some news, but I found it a bit tough with the eighty-column display.  I had planned on making uvesafb work at [...]

I’m trying out Arch GNU/Linux, with an eye toward switching my desktop to it from Slackware.  Arch is supposed to give vanilla installs of software and leave it up the the user to configure however is wanted. Arch has a package manager which resolves dependencies and can work with build scripts.  And Arch uses a [...]