Re: Which of these is better?
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andrew.46
Have a closer look at Slackware 14, software is pretty up to date these days.
I have not tried slack 14, the last slack based one I used was based on slack 13.
Re: Which of these is better?
Manjaro is Arch without the setup.
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Manjaro is Arch without the setup.
Where's the fun in that?
I've been using Arch on my home workstation for ages now, and I've never had an update break my system. Just make sure you read the Beginners Guide when you are installing and it's all pretty straightforward.
I think now is a good time to install Arch as it's now fully moved to systemd, there should be no big changes in the immediate future, just package updates.
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Cheesemill
Where's the fun in that?
If you want the fun they also have a netinstall image which is what I use ;)
Re: Which of these is better?
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Cheesemill
I think now is a good time to install Arch as it's now fully moved to systemd,
To me, that'd be a great reason to not use Arch, as I'm not too happy with the way it and udev are going. I don't know about slack, but in Gentoo you can use whatever init system you want, and aren't confined to systemd. Gentoo also has a fork of udev allowing separate /usr without an initramfs, which is very handy.
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LiamOS
To me, that'd be a great reason to not use Arch, as I'm not too happy with the way it and udev are going. I don't know about slack, but in Gentoo you can use whatever init system you want, and aren't confined to systemd. Gentoo also has a fork of udev allowing separate /usr without an initramfs, which is very handy.
I agree. I gave up on Arch and switched to Debian sid (Siduction Linux, actually) because of systemd. If Debian gets to the point of requiring systemd, I will find something else.
Tim
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Arch probably has the best documentation of the 3 just in case you screw up.
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ratcheer
I agree. I gave up on Arch and switched to Debian sid (Siduction Linux, actually) because of systemd. If Debian gets to the point of requiring systemd, I will find something else.
Tim
I cant see Debian ever going for systemd as it does not gel with their bsd & hurd kernels and other architectures they support.
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mag1strate
Arch probably has the best documentation of the 3 just in case you screw up.
Hands up everybody who has used the fabulous Arch documentation? My most recent usage was the definitive wiki page on the state of play with Bluray and Linux:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/BluRay
Can't be matched by any other distro, but I will stick with Slackware all the same :)
Re: Which of these is better?
From what I've learned from others that use the different distro's Slackware is a good teacher and next to that Gentoo.
I've been running Debian a little over 6 months and it runs rock solid and stable!