[clue-tech] Arch Linux

[Dennis J Perkins]

Matt Gushee wrote:
> Hi, Michael--
>
> On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:44 -0700, "Michael Irons"
> <michael.irons at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> I was thinking of going back to gentoo, but was dreading
>> compiling the large packages. Arch was another distro I was
>> looking at trying, but had reservations. I may have to try it
>> after all.
>>     
>
> +1 for Arch. I've been using it for about 4 years and am very satisfied.
> I'd be interested to know what your reservations were, though.
>
> By the way, if you are going to get into Arch, you should be aware that
> system upgrades are occasionally unsafe (e.g. when there is a new
> kernel, changes to udev, or that kind of thing). I have learned through
> unpleasant experience to *always* (1) read the news items at
> archlinux.org before upgrading, and (2) look through /var/log/pacman.log
> for any errors or warnings immediately after upgrading (i.e., before
> rebooting). That way you will usually find out about any manual
> reconfiguration you may need to do to keep your system usable.
>
> --
> Matt Gushee
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>   
I've had a few issues with upgrading packages, but fortunately nothing 
major.  The biggest one was when the wireless driver for the RT2860 
became part of the kernel and the interface changed from ra0 to wlan0.