1. Gentoo 2. FreeBSD However, ccurrently using Arch on my netbook since it uses a flash HD (SSD) and i dont want to perform too many writes to it.
Ideal fantasy: LFS + some simple package manager (pkgsrc? something new?) On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Thomas Gallen<kaori.hin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been encouraged to take a look at Arch lately by a friend that > likes it a lot. I moved to Gentoo from Slackware 8 a while ago and > that's highlighted even more by the fact that they're at Slackware 12.2 > now and pushing 13 (wow, it's been a while). > > I'll probably try them both out again now that I've seen them thrown > around so much on the mailing list today but as Arch has been receiving > the bulk of the praise without contest, I think I'll install that today. > > Thomas > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:33:23AM -0700, Thayer Williams wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Robert Corsaro<rcors...@optaros.com> wrote: >> > I preidct another round of annoying UNSUBSCRIBE emails. Sorry for top >> > posting, I'm on a blackberry. >> >> Meh I think the OP posed a question that many of us have been >> pondering--this is the good kind of off-topic subject...so long as it >> doesn't turn into a gentoo vs. everything else discussion. >> >> FWIW I use/love Arch, but I'm biased. I distro hopped for a couple >> years before that, but haven't felt the itch since. It's hard to go >> anywhere else once you've experienced the rolling release model, >> i686/64 optimized packages, and slackware-like attitude to vanilla >> packaging. The BSD-style init scripts and ports-like build system is >> just gravy on the top. >> > >
