[ale] Opinions of Arch Linux?

[Scott Castaline]

On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 12:18 -0500, KingBahamut wrote:
> That is the nature of some (though not all) of the debian die hards.
> Having been at the forefront of many many many Ubuntu vs Debian
> arguments where we as Ubuntu users are so flagrantly accused of not
> "giving back to debian" I understand the rationale around and behind
> "I dont like it because its not debian". But I feel not liking
> something because of this fact is a shallow representation to the
> actual functionality of the Distro -- in this case Ubuntu, for and in
> which current release has out performed any of its previous releases,
> and im sure more than one person here will aggree with me , if not I
> guess Im an island, but oh well -- or its ability to be useful. 
> 
> That be said, the original question what , what do you think of
> ArchLinux. I think Arch, much like any other sub level distro is more
> functional that some of its counterparts (This includes Zenwalk , only
> because im an old Slackware fan, and I have a special place in my
> heart for Slackware, even though Ubuntu is my primary distro over the
> umpteen number of machines I have in my house). Id put BLAG, Puppy,
> Kanotix, Frugalware, Nexenta (which is a really killer build of
> OpenSolaris, and I actually like it too), and Arklinux. Arch has many
> pluses to it, an independent Package manager (aptly named Pacman ,
> where is Midway to scoop up rights on that name or something , I
> swear) and its fresh look and feel. So open up a Xen, Qemu, VMware,
> OpenVZ window and install it and tell us what you think Mr. Sumners.
> Id be anxious to hear your experiences. 
> 
> On 8/4/06, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
>         I'm pretty sure you are joking. But, no, I haven't considered
>         it
>         because I know I don't like it.
>         
>         On 8/4/06, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
>         > James Sumners wrote: 
>         > > I have stated my opinion of Ubuntu. I would appreciate it
>         if people
>         > > will now stop trying to convince me it is some sort of
>         Holy Grail.
>         > > I've been using Debian since the Slink (2.1) release. I
>         think I can 
>         > > tell the difference between Debian and a Debian
>         derivative; and
>         > > develop a fair opinion of them.
>         >
>         > But have you considered Ubuntu?
>         >
>         > --
>         > Until later, Geoffrey
>         >
>         > Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a
>         little
>         > security will deserve neither and lose both.  - Benjamin
>         Franklin
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>         
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>         pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but
>         that it
>         is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to
>         become 
>         drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly
>         addicted."
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I agree, finding the perfect disro or sub-distro is like searching for
that all allusive perfect pint of beer. To me that's the beauty of the
Linux world, I call it choice, something not offered in one world in
particular. Not mentioning any names for fear of copyright &/or patent
infringements, but a hint would be M$.
-- 

 
Scott Castaline aka Bad2theBone

Hey! I was born crazy, what's your excuse?