Days with ArchLinux

So, its been around a month since i shifted to ArchLinux and it has been quite a nice experience mainly because i was used to being spoon-fed by Ubuntu and Fedora and was fed off. It was quite hard to set it because my /etc/rc.d always seemed to get screwed when i edited it. The first application i installed was irssi. Then i downloaded xorg, xfce, rtorrent etc.

Log:

• Login the live arch cd, /arch/setup
• Format and partition HDD
• Configure system files
• Boot Freshly installed system, *Grub menu looks nice*
• OMG, No GUI!!! :-(
• pacman -Sy irssi
• pacman -Syu
• Started irssi, /join #grind on freenode
• So, it turns out i have to install xorg :-|
• i decided to install xfce4 along with it
• pacman -S xorg xfce4
• Damn, doesnt seem to work
• aah, locals problem
• /join #archlinux
• Ok, locale-gen
• Damn, still doesnt work
• Reading WiKi
• pacman -S hal
• startxfce4
• Wow, Xfce started :-) w0000t!!!!
• pacman -S nvidia
• ok, i can play Urban Terror now, /me PWNs in UrT
• pacman -S compiz-fusion fusion-icon
• restarted x, now i can even run compiz :D
• installed ratpoison for a change
• pacman -S ratpoison
• confusing, had to kill x to quit >_<
• Asked pulsar @ #grind for help
• Now ratpoison is in my ~/.xinitrc :-)
• And these days i have my exams :-(. So no arch

Be tuned, Screenies to come up in a day or two :-)