On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 6:30 PM, NARENDRA DIWATE <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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. > > I still do not know the 6 monthy rebase. See how centos works, you need not to reinstall every 6 month. > 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? > why not ! commandline is needed for special users. one can live without it also. My neighbor only use Firefox on his laptop and from last 8 month he has not complained anything on his ubuntu 9.04 desktop. > 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. > 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. > 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. > > Regards > > Narendra Diwate > > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘
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