That's a good question! It was mainly due to three reasons:
- Newer software
- Familiarity (I use Arch for my PCs)
- Experimentation
In essence, I wanted to utilise this lovely SBC I had on hand by trying something different.
Follow installation steps provided by the Arch Linux ARM Wiki.
Connect Odroid to your local network. In my case I checked my home router to find the new IP assigned to it.
Login (replace with your own IP address):
$ ssh root@odroid.ip.address
Accept RSA Key and login with password root.
First, change root password to something secure:
# passwd