Is Arch Linux Really Faster Than Ubuntu?

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--- On Tue, 5/25/10, ted leslie <tleslie-RBVUpeUoHUc at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> From: ted leslie <tleslie-RBVUpeUoHUc at public.gmane.org>
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Is Arch Linux Really Faster Than Ubuntu?
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Cc: "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
> Received: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 4:27 PM
> 
> Sounds like an advert for ..... Linux Mint ? :) 
> 
> But seriously, that is exactly why i use Mint - its Debian
> and Ubuntu done right (no fixed release, waits for the bugs
> to be flushed out) for the final user, with all the
> "illegal" multimedia already in it (due to it being produced
> in the free world :) ).
> 
> I tried arch, as Dann from TLLTS raves on it. It was a easy
> install, even thou it was power user based.
> But I had no luck getting all the great codec support for
> it. If it proved rock solid for servers? may 
> be usefull. It seems since slack is sort of dead (how much
> can 1-2 guys do after all), slackers are adopting
>  arch as the next poweruser (bragging rights) distro. My
> experience was, I would need many more hours to get
> arch to what Mint was out of the box, and mint restricts me
> in no real way, giving me all the goodness of 
> debian and ubuntu, all be it 2-6 weeks after said ubuntu
> release.
> 
> Now that I am so happy with Mint, my big ? these days (in
> the Linux world) is, do I try KDE again. Like many I jumped
> off it when they f'd up so bad (see even Linus rant), but I
> am thinking it may be worth trying again, as
> gnome is maybe a bit "too simple". Anyone gone back to kde
> lately and loving it? would be interested in
> hearing. 
> 

Gone to KDE lately, meaning KDE v. 4.x? yes. Loved it? No.
I love KDE 3.5 and am still using it on my desktop. Just because I didn't like KDE 4, I am stuck with Ubuntu 8.04.

EK.

> tl
> 
> > 
> > Ubuntu tries to make a good distribution that is easy
> to install and does
> > what most people want out of the box with minimal
> effort.  They mostly
> > succeed at that.  On the other hand they also aim
> to provide releases on
> > a fixed schedule.  That ruins it.  It is
> buggy, upgrades fail or break
> > the machine, and can be a big nightmare.  Fixed
> schedules do that.
> > Of course if they didn't do that, perhaps they would
> just be plain
> > old Debian.
> > 
> > > Anyway.. I'm done on this thread...
> > > 
> > > have fun with debian and fanaticism. ;]
> > 
> > I am not a fanatic by any means.  I just have
> enough experience to know
> > when things are going in the wrong direction. 
> Well at least I think
> > they are the wrong direction.  My goals are to do
> it right (that being
> > the best possible way) and only doing it once (which
> means only one person
> > having to do something rather than everybody having to
> do something).
> > I like efficiency because I am lazy.  I don't
> want to do repetetive
> > boring stuff.
> > 
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> > Len Sorensen
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