My responses inline - 2010/4/25 NARENDRA DIWATE <[email protected]>
> Hi > > I have been using Linux for the past 5 years, Opensuse initially, then > ubuntu, both dual boot with WinXP. I moved permanently to Ubuntu about 1.5 > years ago. I like to keep my System upto date and hence that has involved > upgrading the OS every 6 months. > > I would like to put an end to this 6 monthly upgrade madness by moving to a > rolling release, i.e Arch initially dual booting with Ubuntu. > > Now pl help with these few Q's: > 1. Is this a good Idea at all for a guy not very comfortable with command > line (but can live with it if needed) inspite of a 5 year linux Exp? > 2. Though Arch is considered the best Rolling release, is it the best choice > for a guy like me? Are there any beginner friendly oned out there? Chakra is > still Alpha so not so comfortable. Frankly the Arch Documentation and Wiki > are the most comprehensive and well thought out i have seen in the recent > past. > Arch, Gentoo are distributions which are suitable for people who like to be bleeding edge. The PRO's are usually, optimized binaries and you are not dumped with a vendor's choice, and you can install what you exactly want. The CON's are - If something breaks, you'd be spending time fixing it and you would not have much of support like Debian/Ubuntu. Gentoo is superior when it comes to performance. IMHO years of experience does matter to an extent, and since I dont know what you did these 5 years, I cant comment much. My opinion, if you want performance, bleeding edge stuff, install Gentoo/Funtoo/Arch. If you want stability, install Debian/Mint ( an ubuntu variant, but more stable ). > 3. If I can go ahead which should be installed first? Remember dual booting > with WinXP, XP is always installed first. Ubuntu comes with GRUB2, Arch with > GRUB Old. Naturally the Rolling release will stay, while the other OS might > change. > IMHO - If you are not playing games in XP., install linux alone and then install Virtual Box or VMWare player and then install XP inside that. > 4. All my Data with live in separate partitions not along with any OS. So > Which FS type is better - EXT3 or EXT4. No WinXP, so no need of NTFS. In > addition it is backed up to a USB Hard Disk. > Ext3 is fine. It is time tested and stable. You have free FS drivers which allows them to be accessible in either OS. Another important thing is have your /home folder as a separate partition. > > Regards > > Narendra Diwate > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > -- Shyam
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