<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Matt Gushee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt@gushee.net">matt@gushee.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi, Michael--<br>
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On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:44 -0700, "Michael Irons"<br>
<<a href="mailto:michael.irons@gmail.com">michael.irons@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I was thinking of going back to gentoo, but was dreading<br>
> compiling the large packages. Arch was another distro I was<br>
> looking at trying, but had reservations. I may have to try it<br>
> after all.<br>
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</div>+1 for Arch. I've been using it for about 4 years and am very satisfied.<br>
I'd be interested to know what your reservations were, though.<br>
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By the way, if you are going to get into Arch, you should be aware that<br>
system upgrades are occasionally unsafe (e.g. when there is a new<br>
kernel, changes to udev, or that kind of thing). I have learned through<br>
unpleasant experience to *always* (1) read the news items at<br>
<a href="http://archlinux.org" target="_blank">archlinux.org</a> before upgrading, and (2) look through /var/log/pacman.log<br>
for any errors or warnings immediately after upgrading (i.e., before<br>
rebooting). That way you will usually find out about any manual<br>
reconfiguration you may need to do to keep your system usable.<br>
<font color="#888888"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#888888"><br></font></font></font></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That is exactly why.... </div><div><br></div><div>
I am currently going to school... CS and Math... and need a distro that I know won't flake out on me... Kubuntu hasn't flaked out on me yet (Not including Major version upgrades... but I don't do those when I am not prepared).</div>
<div>Even though I disagree with kubuntu's decisions on various implementations, I still know that if the worst happens (HD failure, completely hosed system, etc).. I can get everything up and running in short order. </div>
<div><br></div><div>If it were not for school... I would not have any problem with Arch. For now I will probably stick with kubuntu for the school year (starts tomorrow), but I will definitely be shopping to upgrade when I get my next break</div>
<div><br></div><div>Mike</div></div>