Anton, I'm afraid Ray was talking about *another* Arch -
You should be looking at these - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_linux & http://www.archlinux.org/ KQ On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Anton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't have experience with Arch, so please help me to answer: > 1. Let's check the off-site first: > "Currently we have official packages optimized for the i686 and x86-64 > architectures" > Hm.. Can I recompile it with optimization which I need for _my_ cpu? > Let's say for laptop, with memory savings? > My current flags > CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4m -pipe -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse" > Gentoo/FreeBSD users would just set it in /etc/make.conf and emerge world :) > 2. Can I have all packages (or some packages only) with/without some > modules, like, for example, I don't need cups, arts, oss? > Gentoo user just modifies make.config file again: > USE="hal quicktime flac tiff mng jpeg2k exif dvb matroska x264 > bash-completion nsplugin kdehiddenvisibility > logrotate acpi mmx sse sse2 theora wifi aiglx > -branding -kerberos -arts -oss -gstreamer -dvdr -esd -gtk -ldap -cups -gnome" > FreeBSD user would need to type "make config" for each package. > 3. Can I have a mixed of stable/not stable packages which also uses > stable/not stable libraries? > 4. wiki, Criticism: Perhaps the most common criticism of GNU arch is > that it is difficult to learn, even for users who have experience with > other SCM systems. In particular, GNU arch has a large number of > commands, which can be intimidating for new users and some design > elements arguably too strongly enforce Lord's taste in version control > practice > Gentoo: it's almost one command every time: "emerge" > 5. And, for the last, let's check wiki again: > > "As of 2008, GNU arch is being maintained, but it is not under active > development.[1]" > > Sorry to say, but it looks like your favorite distro is dead for now :( > > 2008/9/14 Ray Rashif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> "Today Gentoo is the only choose on a desktop for ex-BSD user." >> >> I'm not trying to preach here, but that's a fallacy. Arch resembles (or at >> least "feels" and works like) BSD more than Gentoo does. But of course, Arch >> doesn't give you commercial support nor the hardness (let's not call it >> stability) of a server. PKGBUILDs actually look sane while ebuilds have >> functions for nothing. If you're still distro-hopping, you may want to try >> it out if you were once a religious BSD or Slackware user (: >> > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > -- Kelvin Quee [EMAIL PROTECTED] +65 9177 3635 Details: kquee.com/contact _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
