On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:06:13 Nick Rout wrote: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 3:10 PM, John Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > So having gone around and around and around the Ubuntu Oneiric / Precise > > / ... install, and grub grubbing and (quite promising boot-repair) > > root.... > > > > I have got nowhere due that UEFI curse word. > > > > Arch Linux installed as slick as a greased suppository. > > > > So I'm going with that for now. > > Good choice IMHO > > Funny how power user howto searches seem to so often come up with > archlinux wiki/forums answers on google lately. > > In other words they are a distro that still allows some low level > control, which is a real bonus. Plus rolling release is what you > really want- seems to me you just get ubuntu working how you want and > there's another damned release, and the upgrade is never foolproof. >
I did the whole Arch thing for a while. I learnt a lot, had much fun, but stoped doing anything other than install and configure. I'm now on Mageia and It's flexible enough. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
