[ale] Arch Linux, they've screwed it up

[Beddingfield, Allen]

If you want barebones, try Slackware - it will already look somewhat
familiar to you if you have been using Arch.
Allen B.
-- 
Allen Beddingfield
Systems Engineer
The University of Alabama




On 3/15/13 3:26 PM, "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:

>I cannot get down with the systemd garbage, and now I find out they
>have removed the old step-by-step installer. So, I'm done with Arch.
>Can anyone recommend a good alternative? I liked to use Arch on my DVR
>because it is bare bones from the start (e.g. only the absolutely
>necessary services running after install). That left it easily
>configurable to the purpose I needed it for.
>
>At the moment, I'm considering Sabayon[1] since it has a binary
>package manager. But I do not care for Gentoo.
>
>[1] -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabayon_Linux
>
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>James Sumners
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>
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>
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