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Sun, 10/04/2009 - 02:10 — asoliverez

During the next week there will be probably some downtime of this blog. I am probably installing Arch on this server, as I am fed up with my current distro, and the perspectives are not good for the next release. The local Ubuntu community was the main thing holding me from switching, and those ties were severed too in the last few weeks, so it's time to move on. Anyway, expect this blog to be offline over the next days.

UPDATE:

A good technical explanation on why Kubuntu is criticized:

http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2009/09/why-distributions-shouldnt...

How not to defend your point:

http://gamemank.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/on-kubuntu-hating/

http://blog.nixternal.com/2009.09.26/myth-of-the-blue-headed-step-children/

 

 

Comments

Tue, 10/06/2009 - 13:23 — Anonymous

Rolling releases on server

Sorry, but rolling releases distros on a *real* server (not a hosting with one blog with almost no traffic) suck, they suck ALL. Been there, done that.

Tue, 10/06/2009 - 18:25 — asoliverez
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Agreed

I agree, but then this is not a real server. This is my PC, which I like to play with, and a rolling release lets you have the latest toys to play with.

Hey, I'm a Java developer at work, and so far, in over 7 years I have never worked with anything newer than 1.4. That's what I call conservative, he.

Sun, 10/04/2009 - 07:07 — Anonymous

I'm not very experienced, but

I'm not very experienced, but could you tell me(us?) what the advantages of arch vs ubuntu are on the server?

I know that on the desktop arch providing a rolling release cycle versus ubuntu's "you get a new version for everything once in 6 months) is rather nice if you're up to it, but I don't see the benefits on the server.

Thanks

Sun, 10/04/2009 - 09:16 — asoliverez
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Not having the packages

Not having the packages changed by Debian or Ubuntu is already a plus. Lately, the changes have been over the top.

Sun, 10/04/2009 - 05:42 — Anonymous

Smart move !

Hi Alvaro,

I've been using Arch on my PCs for the past few monthes, and I like it a lot. As I do not consider myself proficient enough to go through the standard Arch installation, I used the overwhelming Chakra Live CD. Basically, you end up with a standard Arch installation, complete with the mirrors already setup, KDE 4 from their kdemod repositories (the best KDE 4 implementation out there, IMHO), plus some bonus apps such as Shaman (QT4 frontend to pacman) or Chase (update notifier based on KDE's latest notification system).

Arch is always up to date, with usually no more than a few days between any application upstream new version and package upgrade. The Arch wiki is also a fantastic source of information for anything you need.

Arch is an excellent choice for competent linux users !

Guillaume (gdebure)

Sun, 10/04/2009 - 07:07 — Anonymous

I use Archlinux for 4 years

I use Archlinux for 4 years now and never ever looked back at another distro (and I tried them all in the past 10 years). Although it must be considered as what other distros call "unstable", but for me it is the most stable Linux I ever used.
Sidux for example always crashed, or packages were not upgradable etc, but I never experienced this with Arch.
And with Pacman Archlinux has the (for me) best package manager I ever used.

ABS is also fantastic, never seen such an easy package-creation tool. I once created packages for Debian, what a pain. ABS is so much easier.

The third thing I really like: Arch is not changing the upstream content, like other distros do (renaming config files, moving them into different places that are not mentioned in the upstream documentation of course).
And /etc/rc.conf is the easiest way to setup a Linux system.

So have fun with your Arch!