With its package inventory, I don't know really how minimalistic it actually is but the lack of hand-holding might make it seem tminimalistic. When Chuck Hallenbeck turned me on to Arch last summer, he compared it somewhat to being like Slackware as I had come from a long Slackware background. The package management and dependency tracking in ArchLinux is far better than Slackware however. And more packages are available. I also have never seen an easier system for creating new packages of your own either. On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 11:08:51AM -0500, Christopher Brannon wrote: > "Glenn Ervin" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> writes: > > > what is Arch Linux, that is, what is different about it? > > Thanks > > It's a minimalist, do-it-yourself Linux distribution. > It doesn't hold your hand. > > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
