On switching to Arch Linux

Re:On switching to Arch Linux by shaurz on Friday January 27, 2012 @12:13PM (#3519024)

For wifi it's much easier to install networkmanager, add it to DAEMONS (after dbus) and then configure your network with one of the KDE/GNOME networkmanager applets. It pretty much just works after that. For example I plugged in a USB wifi adaptor and it automatically appeared in the applet and found various SSIDs.

For sound, the best solution that worked for me was ALSA + esd. I could never get PulseAudio to work properly.

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Re:On switching to Arch Linux by bwat47 on Sunday January 29, 2012 @12:52AM (#3524570)

I've had a great experience with pulseaudio + gnome 3. Some people consider gnome 3's tight integration with pulse a downside, but so far its given me the best sound experience on linux.

On arch after installing gnome 3 my sound just works flawlessly, even my usb headphones.

I did have issues with pulse when I used XFCE though.

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