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dpc.ucore.info

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Registered: 2010-12-27

Posts: 14

Returning user from Ubuntu - have anything changed? Can I use systemd?

I have stopped using using ArchLinux personaly about 2 years ago in favor of Ubuntu -- I was using only a notebook and that was the reason. But that's not a thread to discuss this.

Now I'm going to get my new workstation delivered tomorrow and I'm considering putting ArchLinux on it. Thus I got some questions.

Did anything worth mentioning changed during this two years that I was gone? :D

Will I be able to use systemd with decent stability right from the start? Is this a good idea?

Will font rendering be as good as in Ubuntu?

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: Returning user from Ubuntu - have anything changed? Can I use systemd?

There's systemd in AUR, so you could fiddle with it.

You can install font packages with patches from Ubuntu. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ion#Ubuntu

loafer

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From: the pub

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: Returning user from Ubuntu - have anything changed? Can I use systemd?

Take a look through the news items on the home page for announcements about changes.

There is a thread about systemd here (I haven't tried it so can't comment).

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=96316

Likewise there is a long active thread about subpixel rendering in Desktop Environments section.

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