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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."

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  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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