I can answer that with information that has appeared here already:
Arch while starting out many years ago as *very* stable, it has migrated
to something much less stable than Slackware remains for a variety of
reasons. If someone wants the package stability inherent in Slackware,
they will (essentially) not find that here in Arch Linux. Or in specific
terms the level of stability that is in the stable versions of Arch can be
a downside to some. (Such stability issues in Arch usually do not bother
me, but I also do not use Arch for anything other than desktop usage.)
It might also be worth mentioning that people have been drawn to staying
with Slackware while adding dependency management (via various add-on
methods,) for several/many years now. While adding pacman support via
repos and such is just as good as anything else, the nature of how pacman
works would be a big plus to these folks IMnsHO. So far I think the fit of
a pacman/Slackware would be better than the solutions offered so far, or
at least the ones I am familiar with.
Anyways, it is not hard for me to imagine such a thing, although you would
end up with J. Rubens' distro model anyhow; which is to say that Rubix is
worth a look for the folks looking to do this sort of modification to
Slackware.
Very best regards;
Bob Finch
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I see the diference on stability as ArchLinux uses the latest packages and bleeding edge software , while slackware remains using old well tested packages.
And i love to get the latest software available and the only thing that can give u that is archlinux, i have to disagree with the people that says its only for desktop use , as i run a server on a small network just to do the samba(printer and files share) and mysql server , and it has over a year now without any problems :D
Just do a live cd of archlinux that fit your needs and they will love it :D
cheers
rdoggsv
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