[ale] Opinions of Arch Linux?

[Dan Lambert]

James,

Have you even looked at or tried the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS? I'm running it on 
an IBM Thinkpad T41, and it's the most stable and usable Linux I've 
found. I had tried some of the earlier versions of Ubuntu/Kubuntu, and I 
was not overly impressed. This is a completely different system from the 
usability and workability viewpoint.

If you are just totally set on Debian only, then what about Mepis?

Dan

James Sumners wrote:

>They totally jacked up the default package management in 10.1. I am
>quite sure that is why it took so long for the "Enterprise" version to
>be released.
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>As for Ubuntu. Ubuntu is _NOT_ Debian (I would emphasize that not even
>more if this weren't plain text). I used it before I went to SuSe and
>hated it. It is like running Debian stable with a mix of testing and
>unstable packages. Insanity and absolutely horrendous.
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>On 8/3/06, Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot at pcartwright.com> wrote:
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>>On Thu August 3 2006 2:19 pm, James Sumners wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>well, why not Kubuntu/Ubuntu?????? It IS Debian style, I have it
>>installed on my laptop!!
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>>Paul Cartwright
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