On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Ritesh Sinha <sinha.k.rit...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 2010/4/26 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.ar...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> On 4/26/10, Ritesh Sinha <sinha.k.rit...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> > Arch is the best (well documented) rolling release. No other beginner > >> > friendly ones that I am aware of. But you can look at it this way, > >> > once you've spent the effort in setting it up the first time you don't > >> > really have to do much to keep it running. You should also be aware > >> > that you will usually have bleeding edge software and compatibility > >> > might break from time to time (this is anecdotal of course, YMMV). > >> > >> So what kind of net connection is required for Arch - > >> > >> from what i can gather a pretty reliable and fat pipe seems to be the > >> order of the day. > >> > >> was realy curious what rolling release meant - so checked the wiki > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_release > >> > >> "A rolling release is typically implemented using small and frequent > >> updates. However, simply having updates does not automatically mean > >> that a piece of software is using a rolling release cycle; to qualify > >> as a rolling release, the philosophy of developers must be to work > >> with one code branch, as opposed to discrete versions. Updates are > >> typically delivered to users using a package manager and a software > >> repository accessed through the internet." > >> > >> seems to me that this is something that requires constant access to > >> the net and also not really meant for systems that require stability. > >> The latter because there is no way such solling release can account > >> for individual systems setup and cutomized (or can it) > >> > >> The advantage i see is that instead of lump sum one gets small updates > >> (maybe) and it means that after the initial install , maybe, one can > >> survive on a small bandwidth. > >> > >> There won't be patches, anything recitified will automatically appear > >> in the main rolling release > >> > >> Also it probably means there is never going to be any excitement / > >> hype about the latest release. Once you install a rolling release all > >> one can say is "aha my system is the same as it was 10 years ago" - > >> thats something actually. > > > > on the bright side, no need to reinstall with every release(Of course > > Upgrade option is there, but I say "Upgrade is fairly usless to 60% of > the > > users", reinstallation will give a different feel than Upgrade") > > > > Now I feel should give a try to Arch and Gentoo. > > You should! It's a great learning experience. I learnt a lot about > linux configuration from Gentoo. Arch is my second favourite distro, I > use it for work where I require latest and greatest versions of > software :). > It is good to hear that you have had experiences with both the operating systems, A question to ask... Can you enlighten me regarding package management about both Arch and Gentoo? > > > > Ubuntu is becoming more of Suse I think, more commercialization than > > Democracy... > > Ubuntu was never a democracy [1]. There was a great outcry about this. > Personally I don't really care, if Ubuntu doesn't work for me I can > always switch to something that does (or if I have the requisite > skills, build one of my own). But why does the commercialization > bother you? They still give us the source code and I think it's a > wonderful way to provide services built around an awesome OS. > Commercialization is no bother for me, of course every one work for money, but a small scare for future with many *what if? *questions... > > [1] http://www.webupd8.org/2010/03/ubuntu-is-not-democratic.html > >> > >> > >> regards > >> ram > >> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-in mailing list > >> ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-in mailing list > > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > > > > > > > -- > Sent using the magic of the interwebs. > http://ritesh.posterous.com > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >
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