On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 07:19:18AM -0500, lanas wrote: > I'd like to thank Fons for mentionning ArchLinux. I used to build my > own Linux system - and would like to go back to that - although in the > meanwhile ArchLinux seems to be quite close philosophically to this, True, with the advantge that you get up-to-date binary install packages for most things you'll need, and don't *have* to compile everything. And even if it is a rolling release it is perfectly possible to create a long-term stable system using ArchLinux. I manage some machines which are *not* updated regularly - they are dedicated to a particular function, and just don't require the latest and greatest. The only trouble you can have with such systems is when after a year or so you want to install something completely new. More often than not the new package will depend on recent releases of libraries etc. This can trigger a dependency explosion that usually leaves you with the single realistic option of doing a complete system upgrade which after a year will replace almost everything. That in turn may require some manual tweaking afterwards if some fundamental things have changed. So just don't do this on impulse but be prepared for it. It's also easy to 'lock' certain things, e.g. the kernel or X11 if you expect problems with the new ones. But the most important thing for a system update is to plan it: don't do it if you need the machine the next hour. I got some unpleasant surprise only once when a system update replaced 'nv' with 'nouveau' - the former is an X11 driver while the latter is a kernel module. Not being aware of that, I botched up the complete X11 configuration. But even that was repaired within an hour or two, the time to find and read the necessary documentation on the Arch Wiki. A second machine for web browsing is a good thing to have. Ciao, -- FA There are three of them, and Alleline. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
