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brjoon1021

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Registered: 2006-11-15

Posts: 9

should I install 2007.8 or 2007.8-2 ?

The .iso images are so different is size. The 2007.8 looks like a full installation. Is the 2007.8-2 just an update or something? In other words, I have both .iso images downloaded and are ready to burn to CD, but I don't know which to install. I have never tried Arch but I keep reading such good things about it... that I want to check it out.

Thanks,

B.

Thrillhouse

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From: Arlington, VA, USA

Registered: 2007-05-29

Posts: 175

Re: should I install 2007.8 or 2007.8-2 ?

I think the 2007.8-2 release includes the pacman change of current to core.  You won't have some of the headaches involved with updating the system if you use that one.  With 2007.8 you'll have to make the change manually to pacman.conf.  Not a big deal but it's one less thing.

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: should I install 2007.8 or 2007.8-2 ?

The size difference is due the significantly smaller number of packages in the new core repo, as compared to the old current repo.

shen

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Registered: 2003-09-05

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Re: should I install 2007.8 or 2007.8-2 ?

I'll attest after installing using the latest -2 iso on a desktop I like the improvements to the installer..:) Definitely go with the latest...

brjoon1021

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Registered: 2006-11-15

Posts: 9

Re: should I install 2007.8 or 2007.8-2 ?

Thanks, guys.

Anonymo

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Re: should I install 2007.8 or 2007.8-2 ?

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Cogar

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Registered: 2007-07-22

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Re: should I install 2007.8 or 2007.8-2 ?

The new "core"/"ftp" only iso may have a marginally improved installer, but these two isos have only minimal functionality compared to the larger "current" version that is no longer available. For someone new to installing Arch, the install leaves the new user with a barely functioning system in my opinion. I have been running Arch on a laptop for some time now, but trying a new install using the core iso has been frustrating enough that if it were my first exposure, I would never have stuck with Arch. And this is coming from someone who thought they knew and liked Arch.

Let me add that if you wish to install it on multiple computers, it will require many large separate downloads to put each system into action. The bandwidth requirement for multiple installs is much lower for a single, relatively full-featured CD.