[ale] Opinions of Arch Linux?

[KingBahamut]

As far as Currency of status goes, Im fairly certain that Ubys backports
repos are fairly up to date. I havent had too much of a problem installing
anything that isnt in the repos per se either.


On 8/3/06, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The version of the distribution doesn't matter. All are generated in
> the same manner. They base the distribution on the stable branch of
> Debian and then mangle newer packages to work on top of it.
>
> It seems there is a GUI for pacman in development. The web page is at
> http://www.andy-roberts.net/software/jacman/index.html and it can be
> installed through the AUR repository. Looks pretty swanky for a GUI.
> Personally, I prefer the CLI clients as I am quite accustomed to using
> apt-get and dpkg.
>
> I fail to see how package management is related to playing games.
>
> On 8/3/06, KingBahamut <gwosbahamut at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Speaking as an ubuntu-ite, and who wouldnt if they were anyway, Give
> Dapper
> > a shot.
> >
> > Ive used Arch before, and a number of Ubuntu geeks I know use it (and
> > zenwalk too, I guess if your a slack fan like I was in the old days, it
> > means something). The PACman thing was kind of cool from what I could
> tell,
> > but doesnt do much for a gamer like me.
> >
> > Now if they implemented something like SMART , now that would be cool --
> > http://labix.org/smart
> >
> >
> > On 8/3/06, Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu August 3 2006 2:19 pm, James Sumners wrote:
> > > > Recently, the primary drive in my Linux machine developed a few
> > > > hundred bad sectors. I sent it to Seagate for replacement last week.
> > > > I should be getting the replacement drive soon. I was running SuSe
> > > > 10.1 on the machine, upgraded from 10.0. I decided to use SuSe
> > > > because, due to classes, I don't really have time to keep up with
> > > > Debian/Sid. I liked 10.0 for what it was, an easy to maintain
> > > > desktop Linux distribution. After upgrading to 10.1, though, I have
> > > > become less satisfied with the distribution. The mangling of the
> > > > package management system, and having to use an alternate (Smart),
> > > > really turns me off of using SuSe for my personal machine again.
> > >
> > > hmm, well I am still running 10.0 on my desktop, glad I haven't
> > > upgraded:) I DO use smart though, I really like it, only because it is
> > > now supported, and it is more apt-get like.
> > > >
> > > > I plan on switching back to Debian/Sid once my new drive comes in.
> > > > However, if anyone can make a compelling argument for using Arch
> > > > Linux instead, I may give it a try. Keep in mind that I prefer
> > > > Debian and the "Debian Way". So, if you have experience with both,
> > > > please speak up. Or if you just really like Arch and can give a good
> > > > overview of the system, let's hear it.
> > >
> > > well, why not Kubuntu/Ubuntu?????? It IS Debian style, I have it
> > > installed on my laptop!!
> > > --
> > > Paul Cartwright
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