On 29 May 2011 15:24, Bernardo Barros <bernardobarros2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> If you want to build a lot of stuff yourself, Arch Linux and Gentoo crosses >> my mind. > > With ArchLinux you don't have to build anything if you don't want to. > Do not spread misinformation! > > The default is to install (generic optimized) binary packages. I have to build lots of stuff in Arch because a lot of stuff just doesn't come pre-built. That said, the Arch User Repository combined with the yaourt package manager script makes it easy to build many many pckages from source. Arch caveats: - Stuff breaks. I recently had to revert gedit to pre v3 so that I could continue using it with Supercollider - this involved using a custom 'downgrade' script which isn't officially supported. I now have gedit pinned so that it won't be upgraded. Same thing happened with Wine breakage just the other day - all this because Arch packages always follow the upstream, broken or not - tough luck if you want to stick with Gnome 2 while Gnome 3 gets its bugs ironed out... - Package management (pacman) is very good but generally involves using the command line. There are graphical front-ends but they are unofficial. - It takes a while to get up and running - an Arch install comes without an X-server or Alsa Having said that - Arch is extremely lightweight because there's nothing there that you don't add yourself, the support (wiki/forums) is excellent and you'll learn a lot about your operating system. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
