Would the regular Debian on Testing be an option ? On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Kevin Wright <kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Don't be conned by the speed argument, you'll only be gaining 2-3% at best. > > What arch, gentoo, etc. really get you is configurability, but you WILL be > paying for that by spending more time in actually doing the configuration > and maintaining it. It's a trade-off, if you want to be able to optimise > your boot sequence to <5 seconds then it can happen, but you'll still be > using the same NVidia driver and the same JVM binary. If you want things > to be less stressful, you're probably better sticking with Ubuntu. > > > > On 11 September 2012 15:09, Jan Goyvaerts <java.arti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well yes... sticking with a release is an option too. The problem is that >> I have to try once in a while something new. Which usually does not exist >> yet for the older releases. Or you can not install recent software because >> it has a dependency with a new version of a library. >> >> Oh yeah: I have to run VMWare player once in while too. >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:06 PM, ags <andrzej.grze...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> If you have the time, why not. >>> I'm a lazy person, I'm sticking with Ubuntu 11.04 so far, does the job, >>> 2 and 3 screen configuration (dual geforce cards). >>> JVMs work, jee works, nothing really to complain about. No major >>> updates, no fights here as well. >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Jan Goyvaerts >>> <java.arti...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I'm curious about Arch Linux - said to be fast, stable and doing >>>> rolling updates. The initial setup is a bit long. But it seems pretty fast >>>> indeed. However, I've got the impression the fine-print on the wiki reads: >>>> "updates are at your own risk". :-) >>>> >>>> What I'm looking for: >>>> >>>> - Fast - so I can squeeze every cycle. >>>> - Runs the regular Sun/Oracle JVMs. >>>> - Runs the regular JEE development software. >>>> - Runs in NVidia Twinview for two screens. >>>> - Should never be upgraded to major versions like Ubuntu's & al. >>>> Only an endless stream of updates. >>>> - It's my machine at work - so I want it to work with it. Not fight >>>> it after each update. >>>> >>>> Is Arch all that ? Any other distro's satisfying the criteria ? >>>> >>>> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
