darren kirby wrote:
quoth the Daniel Schledermann (TypoConsult A/S):
- Another alternative is Arch Linux, which also has binary packages, but
also a portage-like build system. This IS linux, but uses BSD-init, and
does not seem as mature as Gentoo or FreeBSD.
/Daniel
I disagree that Arch is a good choice for a server. I do run an Arch box (not
production) but I think that pacman updates are way less stable than portage.
Seems everytime I go to do an update, once per month or so, they have changed
something drastically that needs manual intervention to facilitate the
upgrade.
Good with some clarification. Like I wrote, it does not seem very
mature, but it is interesting alternative that has some properties in
common with Gentoo. Judging from their package names and versions, they
will have to change a lot, before they can be stable in the ports og
portage sense.
The most recent was a change to udev that required you to either use Arch's
specially patched canned kernel or update to vanilla 2.6.16, neither of which
I really wanted to do. My arch box has way more downtime than any of my
Gentoo boxes, and I run Gentoo on three different platforms.
Just an opinion here, but I don't think Arch is a good choice for a server,
production or otherwise. Makes a real nice bleeding edge desktop though...
Thanks for the advice.
/Daniel
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