Jan de Groot wrote: > On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 13:17 -0400, David Rosenstrauch wrote: >> David C. Rankin wrote: >>> So... continuing the story, I had heard about Arch some time ago as being a >>> Slackware derivative, and I had always planned on trying it. So from >>> distrowatch, I went to their top-ten, found slackware, then looked for Arch, >>> found it, downloaded the .iso, and wound up here;-) So "Hello Arch!" >> Cool. >> >> Just FYI, though: Arch isn't a slackware derivative. IIRC, it's >> actually derived from (or perhaps inspired by Crux Linux). > > The only thing inherited from Crux is the PKGBUILD package format. Arch > has changed so much in the past that our distribution doesn't look like > any other distribution anymore. > > OK, I did misspeak. Arch isn't a derivative of Slackware, it was listed as having a "similar philosophy" as Slackware. Whatever that means. Regardless, I like it! It's simple to install, it's relatively easy to configure and to learn the package management aspects of, it currently boots in 1/2 the time of openSuSE, it has, from what I can tell so for, a great community, and I can tell this is going to be a great ride! Now, back to figuring out why my mouse and keyboard aren't loading anymore in kde... ** One PS: Where did openSuSE shine as a distro? Forget the software, its the user community on the openSuSE mailing list and the Factory (beta) list. The group there is a great collection of guys (and a few girls sprinkled in). Most are holdovers from the SuSE Linux days and are true FOSS advocates that care about quality. I'll never knock that group, they are great. From what I see here, the Arch community looks like a great group as well. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
