Arch is really small. I run it in VMs because it gives me what I need (the ability to compile linux Haskell binaries), plus our very own Don Stewart (hope he doesn't mind if I claim him...) does a lot of Arch stuff making the GHC experience awfully nice :-) Dave
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Magnus Therning <[email protected]>wrote: > I've decided to shop around for other options when it comes to a Debian > distro to put on my Eee PC 900. Since it has no HDD I want something > that isn't too bloated (some is all right) and ideally leaves up to me > what to install and what not to. At the same time I'd like to have > up-to-date Haskell packages in the native packaging system available > (sure, cabal-install is all right for the odd package, but I'd rather > use the native packaging system). > > Debian Sid would be a contender, though (no offence, I know they work > hard) it's often slow in providing the latest versions of packages. > > Arch Linux is very up-to-date, but I'm not convinced it's a distro > suitable for an Eee without HDD (I'm prepared to be proven wrong though). > > Is there something else out there I should be looking at? > > /M > > -- > Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) > magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org > http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe > > Haskell is an even 'redder' pill than Lisp or Scheme. > -- PaulPotts > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > >
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