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C00L

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What are the benefits of arch linux ?

What are the benefits of arch linux ?

default package management /software installation tool .

Sp4rkR4t

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Registered: 2008-05-06

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

speed, flexibility and a good package management system.

bangkok_manouel

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

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aRcHaTe

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Registered: 2006-10-24

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

the amazing pkgbuilds that i luve the KISS in each detail...their are many...i guess onece u try u nderstand...

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Mr.Elendig

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Registered: 2004-11-07

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

Community, simplicity, the devs, community, package/software management (both pacman and makepkg),  bsd'ish init, rolling release and loads of other stuff.

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pressh

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Registered: 2005-08-14

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

Please don't ever crosspost.
Well it actually is not even crossposting as you repeat the same question in the same forum section because you were not happy with the answers?

Mikko777

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From: Suomi, Finland

Registered: 2006-10-30

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

Rasi, Mrelendig's woman metaphors and Cerebral.

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insane

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Registered: 2006-06-04

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

Rolling release, PKGBUILDS + AUR, the community, a bit closser to "the bleeding edge" but not to close to get slaughter by it etc.

Roberth

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Registered: 2007-01-12

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

It's easy to learn to use on an advanced level IMO.

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byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

No unnecessary abstraction for the sake of so-called "userfriendlyness", like 'system-config-foo' or 'dpkg-reconfigure blah'.

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Davigetto

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Registered: 2007-05-10

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

This posts fits perfect with my last 2 days xD

Cause a fan problem with arch, I tried to come back in a third partition to Debian. But 1 year and a half with arch makes me impossible to come back to debian because arch owns Debian in lots of ways (package management simplicity and filesystem structure, including this website, maybe the most important detail of this distribution, all info is on this page).

However, Debian's aptitude is extremely faster than pacman, that is the strongest point of Debian in front of Arch. Also I miss a detail on arch that I find indispensable: ICEWEASEL!

Can anyone get a package for archlinux of Iceweasel for me? I prefer weasels than foxs xD

Serious conclusion: Arch is better than Debian for me for the simplicity (pacman is simplier, the rc.conf file is a present of God, and this centralized and simple forum, the aur repository, the extremely great wiki (maybe gentoo wiki is a bit better) and the good organization of the homepage of archlinux.org makes this distribution for me the best for my purposes).

Now I believe I have to say something to you:

Thank you very much to all people that make possible this distribution, users, developers, etc...

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kevin89

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2007-03-14

Posts: 218

Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

I love Arch.

The ABS is awesome. Configuration is simple, yet so effective. No bloat, install what you want. Total control over your system.

The way you like it, your own arch way. I love it!

Greets.

Misfit138

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Registered: 2006-11-27

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

However, Debian's aptitude is extremely faster than pacman, that is the strongest point of Debian in front of Arch. Also I miss a detail on arch that I find indispensable: ICEWEASEL!.

I must say, I have not disagreed more strongly with an opinion in a long time. In my experience, pacman is many times faster than apt/aptitude...by orders of magnitude.

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kensai

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

I must say, I have not disagreed more strongly with an opinion in a long time. In my experience, pacman is many times faster than apt/aptitude...by orders of magnitude.

I second this motion. And believe me I have been a Debian user. And Arch is gazillions of times faster in aspects of package management.

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Sp4rkR4t

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

True, before I came to arch I always ended up going back to a debian nased system so have alot of experience with it and pacman is many, many times faster the apt.

jb

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Registered: 2006-06-22

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

I must say, I have not disagreed more strongly with an opinion in a long time. In my experience, pacman is many times faster than apt/aptitude...by orders of magnitude.

I second this motion. And believe me I have been a Debian user. And Arch is gazillions of times faster in aspects of package management.

I 3rd.  He must have used a slow mirror or something. (I, too, used debian at one point in time.)

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Davigetto

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

Well, keep in mind that I am from Spain, Debian have a repository called Rediris that is located in an Intel building next to my university and next to the 5th powerful computer in the world, MareNostrum, having a bandwidth of 7 GB xD

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INCSlayer

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

you miss iceweasel?? you are aware that ice weasel is just a rebranded firefox right? and that bon echo is the name on an unbranded firefox unless that was a joke
and saying that aptitude is faster than pacman because the mirror your using is faster is to put it simply wrong

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Davigetto

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

I know that iceweasel = firefox, but I need a weasel as an icon, I find it prettier.

Tell me maniatic xD.

Look at one thing to aptitude: Imagine that you have to download 100 packages in once. Pacman, between downloading one package an another package, has a delay, maybe 2-3 secs. Aptitude, does not have this delay between downloading packages. Have you noticed it?

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Sp4rkR4t

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

I don't have a delay between each package, perhaps you just need to set up your mirrors better.

INCSlayer

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

same here i dont have any delay either

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Rasi

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

Rasi, Mrelendig's woman metaphors and Cerebral.

And there we have evidence on how low your expectations go, when you use Arch

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freakcode

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Re: What are the benefits of arch linux ?

Rasi, Mrelendig's woman metaphors and Cerebral.

HAHAHAHA it's gonna be "Epic", like when Phrakture got hacked (omg, again????)