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For most my computer life I have either used Windows 7 or Linux. Windows was great but once I finally decided to try Ubuntu I never went back. I tried out all sorts of Linux distros (ie. Elementary OS, Crunchbang, Linux Mint) but none of them seemed right for me. After doing some searching around and I came to the conclusion that I had to attempt the unthinkable, Arch Linux.
# About My Computer
*Hardware*: The PC I mainly use is a desktop that I built a few years back with a Intel Core i5, Nvidia GTX 650ti, and 8 GB of RAM.
*Usage*: On my computer I mainly write code using a basic text-editor (i.e. atom and sublime text) and browse the web. I sometime play video games on Steam, which include Civ5 and Besiege.
# The Dreaded Installation
Getting Arch Linux really isn't that bad. Arch has great [documentation](https://www.archlinux.org/) and the [beginner's guide](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/beginners'_guide) makes everything very straight forward. It still took me a couple of tries to get a stable desktop environment (graphic drivers were tricky) but once I got all the basic stuff taken care of I was finally able to begin making the operating system I really wanted.
# So Why use Arch?
I'd be lying if I said I didn't use Arch because it makes me feel like a hacker elitist. Also seeing all the beautiful desktops on [/r/unixporn](https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn) also influenced my decision in using Arch. But, there are some legitimate reasons on why I prefer Arch over other Linux distros or any operating system for that matter:
* The best performance
* I choose what's installed
* Always the latest software
* Installing software is easy with pacman
* Very intelligent community
* Teaches you about how Linux works
# Conclusion
I really do see myself sticking with Arch for quite some time. With its rolling releases there will be no need to ever have to install any major updates and I have everything I really need in a computer. Though some things aren't perfect (ie. Steam isn't great yet) it's worth it for the gains in performance
# What's on my PC
Here's a short list of things I have installed on my main Arch Linux computer.
* Gnome 3 with [arc-theme](https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme) and the [Paper icons](https://snwh.org/paper/icons/)
* i3 gapless (if I'm feeling extra hackerish)
* [vlc](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VLC_media_player) for all forms of media (ie. music and movies)
* I still use [chrome](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/google-chrome/)
* [atom-editor](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/atom-editor-bin/) for coding (should probably learn vim better)

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