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Arch Linux: the Distro of the Year?

Posted by Hemos on from the use-the-best-tool-for-the-situation dept.

Provataki writes "OSNews posted an enthusiastic review of Arch Linux, a distro that is fast gaining popularity lately. The article compares Arch to the existing big-name Linux distros and takes a shot on describing where Arch offers a better solution. It also lists some of Arch's own problems and suggests solutions."

2 of 58 comments (clear)

  1. Easier than Debian? by DavidNWelton · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm a Debian developer, and I'll agree that it's not simple in all the ways it could be, but I don't get this:

    "apt-get & dpkg and all these related tools are not as brain-dead simple to use as pacman is"

    How is "apt-get install whatever" any more difficult than "pacman -S firefox"?

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  2. Re:Lost SysV /etc/rc.d from Slackware by fideli · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, Arch Linux has a very simple init system, as shown here: http://www.archlinux.org/docs/en/guide/install/arc h-install-guide.html#bootrc. It's just like Gentoo, for that matter. I understand what you're saying about Slackware, though. All the inits for a runlevel are in a single file (from what I remember). However, I prefer the Arch/Gentoo approach since you can start and stop services using the same scripts as those used during the init process.