Comments on: ArchLinux — smooth and cuddly

By: denny

denny — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:27:36 +0000

i like it a lot. it takes me a whole day to make everything works, including X stuffs. but i learn a lot from that.
now, i can have everything works in an hour.

i especially like the rc.conf which replace tedious works in other distro.

it’s fun way to learn linux.

too bad, i cant find a way install it to my old thinkpad600x and travelmate507dx to replace my outdated debian there…
(kernel panic on both system)

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:13:08 +0000

For me, the rolling release system means it has never had to be reinstalled in 3 years of use - yet it is more up to date than Vista! And considerably faster.
It runs on Pentium2s upwards (>200 MHz) and can be maintained by anyone with minimal linux experience.

By: Laurent

Laurent — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:37:27 +0000

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=25718

You should check this tool called Yaourt, developped by Wain of Arclinux France!

USAGE: yaourt [OPTION…]
example:
$ yaourt [regexp] : search for matching strings (with *) and allows to install it
$ yaourt -S [packagename]: download package from repository, and fallback on AUR
$ yaourt -Ss [regexp] : search remote repositories and AUR for matching strings
$ yaourt -Syu –aur : upgrade system + packages from aur
$ yaourt -Sybu –aur : upgrade by building PKGBUILD + packages from aur
$ yaourt -Syu –devel : upgrade all cvs/svn/mercurial packages (from aur)

By: Zig

Zig — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:58:37 +0000

I vote for Arch also, despite to the fact, that I had some problems with network and soundcard after kernel upgrade.
But next kernel release solved it perfectly.
This distro is really easy to install,fast and stable.
So I suggest for everybody to give a try!

By: holytrousers

holytrousers — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:06:01 +0000

Every OS has bugs, especially one of them…
Interesting, wich one them ???

By: ken

ken — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:25:36 +0000

jacman is a gui package manager for pacman, but i seldom use it because pacman is good enough.

By: pj

pj — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:35:00 +0000

I think, arch will have similar concept issuing relatively fresh “stable” releases. with each new kernel (starting linux26.21?) will be issued new arch release cd.

By: deTTo

deTTo — Thu, 10 May 2007 13:15:13 +0000

+1 for Frugalware, because it has a -stable branch where you can be sure things stay working. When new stable release occurs they are often even more up2date than Arch.
Sure, Arch’s community is great, am also registered there, help out from time to time and ask a question there too. But i have to admit that the philosophy doesn’t quite match me, i want it stable and efficient.