[ale] Opinions of Arch Linux?

[James Sumners]

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!!
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