Aha ! *Finally* an actual Arch user ! :-) On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Dale Wijnand <dale.wijn...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 4:18:42 PM UTC+2, KWright wrote: >> >> 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. >> > > As Jan stated, yes, the initial configuration is a lot longer than normal > installations. But maintaining it? Last time I used Arch I only had to > remind myself to check for updates, and occasionally merge updates on a > modified etc config file (which is normally pretty fast). > > Note: I'm talking about Arch, I've never run Gentoo. > > How has your experience with Arch been different to mine? > No clue. I've just did the installation with the wiki next to me. And I don't mind that. Because it's a one-off thing. But from there I'd rather not fight the OS only for the sake of having Arch. It's to get a stable, lightweight and fast OS. That will never be broken by any release. > > Dale > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/hCZIWvImxYEJ. > > 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.
