[clue-tech] Re: Arch Linux

[Michael Irons]

Thanks... I appreciate the support.
I am not worried about what other people think though, I was playing devils
advocate with myself.. Yes, I am being a wimp, but for good reason. I just
threw it out there to for discussion.  I have been on the fence with the
different distros, unable to decide, so I asked clue to see if someone could
sway me to a distro. Nobody had brought that part to the table, so I said
it.that is

And yes... I do think I will stay with kubuntu for the semester at least.
For exactly the reasons you mentioned. I am exhausted after the first few
days. And A few of the classes I am taking are going to have some pretty
heavy programming that I will need to concentrate on...at least is what the
professors are trying to scare us with these first few days.

Gentoo does a lot of things right.. if more distros looked at what they were
doing... a lot of of distros would have many of their problems solved IMHO
Too many people discount gentoo because they compile (which is a matter of
taste, not necessarily wrong)..
 I would love a gentoo distro without compiling... That is why I left as
well (more specifically the endless drowning in use flags... compiling
actually wasn't bad at all... it was preparing for compiling.

That is why arch looks interesting... but it will have to wait until after
this semester. Unfortunately I ran out of time before school started this
semester.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Jason Ash <wizardofki at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mike,
> o.
> Nobody is going to blame you ir lead..for sticking to a safe, easy to use
> distro such as Kubuntu while in school. 18 credits is hectic for sure.
> I used OpenSuse most of my time in biology graduate school, but when
> the upgrade from 11.0 to 11.1 rendered my laptop nearly inoperable,
> changing to Ubuntu even during winter break was like major surgery
> (getting to know a new distro, reinstalling all of my apps, restoring
> my backup files). I still use Ubuntu on my main desktop (dual boot
> with Windows XP), on my spare desktop (dual boot with Gentoo that I'm
> trying), and on my laptop (dual boot with Arch that I'm trying).
> There's no way I would have had time to try out other distros let
> alone tinker with Gentoo or Arch and still pass and graduate. There's
> a lot to be said for the ease and peace of mind that comes with
> distros that work out of the box. Also, I'll just stick with the
> binary upgrades of Arch for now instead of making it into another
> Gentoo (whose ceaseless compiling is beginning to annoy me).
>
> Jason Ash
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