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Arch being deprecated by DO
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×I needed to run Arch Linux on DO too, so I wrote a script that automatically converts a fresh Debian 7.0 x64 installation into a fully-updated Arch installation.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gh2o/digitalocean-debian-to-arch/master/install.sh
https://github.com/gh2o/digitalocean-debian-to-arch
Feedback appreciated!
Used it on a 1GB RAM, 64-bit debian 7 droplet, works flawlessly. Thx a lot for the cool script :D
I would really prefer to have Arch over a Debian or RedHat variant as well.
That, after 6 months! DO do not respond to the questions in this thread is a strong hint they wish Arch users would go away.
However, on Distrowatch, Arch is in third place behind Mint and Ubuntu. Add Arch figures with Manjaro (= Arch with a GUI installer) to get this result.
Does this mean DO have no business sense? Does it mean they are religiously supporting Debian distros? Does a manager at DO have a grudge against Arch?
Thankfully I didn’t sign up yet, but I came here to do so. Thanks for the thread.