Hi, Pank. I spent a lot of time looking at Arch Linux, but I've moved elsewhere. I'm not very skilled in the compiling and building of software packages. Of course, I don't have to with Arch (but knowing how to helps). I was able to install squeezeboxserver from the AUR using yaourt. I want to return to Arch when my hacking skills have improved.
For what it's worth -- and you probably know this already -- you can configure pacman to ignore specific packages you don't want upgraded. -- What makes Linux difficult, for me at least, are the different ways of initializing the system. Different systems have different commands for controlling the boot process. In that regard, I find Arch very understandable. However, I suspect they'll be forced to change their init system (eventually) to keep up with the times. I'm not really qualified to make that assertion, though. I played with Fedora 15 and I like it a lot. It boots quickly and I like GNOME 3. Controlling system services such as SB Server is straightforward. But there is a bunch of stuff I don't understand, like SELinux (I disabled it), and some of the codecs and stuff. For a music server, a lot of that doesn't matter. Currently looking a Fuduntu as a server base, but not sure it will make the cut. For better or worse, Squeezebox ownership has turned me into a Linux-obsessive. -- Danny8   Heh, heh. It said: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE.   ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Danny8's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=27606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88877 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
