On 30 June 2010 20:41, Ashish Bhatia <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder which releases do LUG members recommend with following four features > 1) User has good enough experience with system(most work is done from > command line) the only reason to start X server for me is to run > Firefox and pidgin > 2) Plain interface similar to XFCE but does not crash > 3) Is not memory hog (like KDE 4) > 4) must be fast(user hates compiz and any such flying effects)
Arch Linux would suit this user very well. Arch is simple, fast and bleeding-edge. > > I have heard that archlinux is fast and simple but unstable, any > comments on that? > (or may be on BSD based distros?) Again, Arch linux is good. It is not unstable afaik. I use Arch+Xmonad. Runs smooth as silk. Their wiki is amazing and it will help you set everything up. HTH. =) -- Bhargav Prasanna "Linux - Because x64 is a terrible thing to waste" _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
