On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasque...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 1/5/12, Daniel Clark <dcl...@pobox.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Nicolás Reynolds <fa...@kiwwwi.com.ar
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:31:16 -0600, Javier Vasquez
> >> <j.e.vasque...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > On 1/4/12, Daniel Clark <dcl...@pobox.com> wrote:
> >> > > 2. *Parabola GNU/Linux*
> >> > > ...
> >> > > You will need to have another operating system running before
> >> installing
> >> > > Parabola.
> >> >
> >> > You might install ArchLoong, and then move to parabola... See below,
> >> > :-)
> >>
> >> Hi, this might be a little more difficult, since afaik archloong uses
> the
> >> o32
> >> abi and we're using n32.
> >>
> >
> > Ah, good to know. So given that Parabola both uses a faster ABI and has a
> > freedom advantage, is there a good reason for anyone to use Archloong,
> > other than a pre-existing personal dedication to the Arch name?
> >
>
> Both lack a good amount of packages porting. Archloong installation
> is pretty easy. There's a live image you call from pmon, and then to
> install from it, feels just like Arch. On the other side, some
> non-free stuff is removed from Parabola, which is the purpose of it
> (and what's important to you), but there are limitations with
> multimedia and the like, which not everyone might like. So having a
> totally free, and a non so free versions of Arch is nice and healthy.
>
Completely agree that more work on multiple distros = healthier ecosystem.
People tend to be very attached to their distributions, so I don't think
the "everyone should just work on X" school of thought is realistic.
On the other hand I'd guess the number of available distributions can be
daunting to new users. Thanks a lot for explaining the differences and
pros/cons of Arch vs. Parabola on the Yeeloong. I'm planning on including
more pro/con discussion in the next version of this document, so I find
your comments to be super-useful :-)
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