<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 7:13 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;">
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<div>Hi, Mike-- </div><div class="im">
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<div>On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:06 -0700, "Michael Irons" <<a href="mailto:michael.irons@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.irons@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div><div class="im"><blockquote style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex"> 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). <br>
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</div><div class="im"><div>That is exactly why.... </div>
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<div>I am currently going to school... CS and Math... and need a distro that I know won't flake out on me... </div>
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<div>That makes sense. I'm not going to say you're wrong to be cautious, but I wouldn't say that </div>
<div>Arch "flakes out," rather that, in keeping with its minimalist philosophy, it places more </div>
<div>responsibility on the user. As far as I can remember, every time I've had a serious problem</div>
<div>after an upgrade, it was because I had failed to read the relevant news items or to follow</div>
<div>some recommended procedure.</div>
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<div> </div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div>My apologies... "flakes out" was the wrong term. </div><div><br></div><div>Like I have stated before... Gentoo was one of my favorite distributions, but I moved away from it once I had to too many things going on (FT Job, FT school)... I don't have time to read every precaution... or tinker with every setting, although that is what I really want to do. Although there are many differences between Arch and gentoo, it looks like a great compromise between those who do no not want to spend time compiling everything. Arch definitely peeks my interes... It is just not the right time</div>
<div><br></div><div>If I can't be reasonably sure that an minor upgrade won't leave my system unusable... it is unfortunately too unstable for me while I am going to school. The issue isn't whether I would have the skills to be able to fix it, but whether I would have time to fix it in my hectic schedule.... I am not a newbie, but I am not a linux kung fu master yet... Add FT school (18 credits) where I have to spend countless hours programming code... it is just not a good idea.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So yes, I am being a wimp and taking the easy safe route... but I have decided that is the smart thing to do at the moment. Arch may be the perfect distro for me... once I can spare the occasional debugging session when <b>I don't RTFM correctly.</b> Which is bound to happen</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I also agree with Dennis... one distro doesn't fit all... I have started with Redhat 6 for several years with gnome, moved to debian, gentoo, and the kubuntu with a few random jaunts in between. Now I have outgrown/grown tired of kubuntu... We will see where we end up next.... </div>
<div><br></div><div>Mike Irons</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
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