--- Rafael Sorto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > arch mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > I have been an Arch user since October 2003 when I moved from Slackware. The recent changes to Arch were executed with such ineptitude that I almost downgraded to Slackware. It is NOT a question of being on the edge. Anybody can tolerate a glitch, they are just there to keep us awake and to educate us. However initrd, xorg and udev are each critical packages and the level of activity on the mailing list re each of these after they reached current is a message that nobody should ignore or brush aside with bleeding edge arguments.
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