On Monday 01 July 2013 07:30 PM, Jaseem Abid wrote:
On Jul 1, 2013 1:09 PM, "Jesse Francis" <atjes...@gmail.com
<mailto:atjes...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Since you are used to Linux, Manjaro will be a better option for you-
> its easy to use, easy to install rolling Arch based distro.
Huge up vote to arch Linux. I have been using it for a few years and I
might stick with this for a long time. DE/WM change a lot, settled
with i3 after xfce and xmonad.
Biggest
> advantage over Deb based distros is that it got pacman package
Pacman is miles ahead compared to any other package manager.
> manager, with a gui, and packages will be up to date, unlike LMDE
> where you have to wait for another 6 months for major updates. And all
> major DEs are available-from Gnome to Openbox, including Cinnamon and
> Mate. They gave a new face to not that known lightweight desktop
> environments like Openbox, which is worth a try!
> I used to be a debian fan, but pacman first and then Manjaro stole my
> love for apt! I've been using Manjaro for past two months without any
> hassles.
Thank you Jaseem and Jesse for the suggestions. I am already downloading
Manjaro. Let me try it. Did start with Redhat and then moved to debian
based distros, which I have been using for a long time now. I have used
plain debian, ubuntu, mint, knoppix, morphix and several others. Somehow
I have got very much used to the debian style of functioning and do love
it. Now after a very long time, let me try this new one and see how it
is. Heard a lot about the qualities of Arch. But my debian and apt
affinity didn't permit me to leave them.
Thanks,
Sasi
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