Oops, my 4 && 5 are not valid then. Don't know how I manged to get
wrong wiki link %-{
Ports-like source packaging system (ABS) looks indeed better.2008/9/14 Kelvin Quee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Anton, > > I'm afraid Ray was talking about *another* Arch - > > You should be looking at these - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_linux > & > http://www.archlinux.org/ > > > > KQ > > On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Anton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't have experience with Arch, so please help me to answer: >> 1. Let's check the off-site first: >> "Currently we have official packages optimized for the i686 and x86-64 >> architectures" >> Hm.. Can I recompile it with optimization which I need for _my_ cpu? >> Let's say for laptop, with memory savings? >> My current flags >> CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4m -pipe -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse" >> Gentoo/FreeBSD users would just set it in /etc/make.conf and emerge world :) >> 2. Can I have all packages (or some packages only) with/without some >> modules, like, for example, I don't need cups, arts, oss? >> Gentoo user just modifies make.config file again: >> USE="hal quicktime flac tiff mng jpeg2k exif dvb matroska x264 >> bash-completion nsplugin kdehiddenvisibility >> logrotate acpi mmx sse sse2 theora wifi aiglx >> -branding -kerberos -arts -oss -gstreamer -dvdr -esd -gtk -ldap -cups -gnome" >> FreeBSD user would need to type "make config" for each package. >> 3. Can I have a mixed of stable/not stable packages which also uses >> stable/not stable libraries? >> 4. wiki, Criticism: Perhaps the most common criticism of GNU arch is >> that it is difficult to learn, even for users who have experience with >> other SCM systems. In particular, GNU arch has a large number of >> commands, which can be intimidating for new users and some design >> elements arguably too strongly enforce Lord's taste in version control >> practice >> Gentoo: it's almost one command every time: "emerge" >> 5. And, for the last, let's check wiki again: >> >> "As of 2008, GNU arch is being maintained, but it is not under active >> development.[1]" >> >> Sorry to say, but it looks like your favorite distro is dead for now :( >> >> 2008/9/14 Ray Rashif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> "Today Gentoo is the only choose on a desktop for ex-BSD user." >>> >>> I'm not trying to preach here, but that's a fallacy. Arch resembles (or at >>> least "feels" and works like) BSD more than Gentoo does. But of course, Arch >>> doesn't give you commercial support nor the hardness (let's not call it >>> stability) of a server. PKGBUILDs actually look sane while ebuilds have >>> functions for nothing. If you're still distro-hopping, you may want to try >>> it out if you were once a religious BSD or Slackware user (: >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Slugnet mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq >> http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet >> > > > > -- > Kelvin Quee > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +65 9177 3635 > Details: > kquee.com/contact > _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
