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Arch Linux Reviewed
Posted by: duke on: 02/21/2005 03:28 PM [ Print | 5 comment(s) ]
How does a combination of Slackware and Gentoo sound? It sounds pretty good to me, so I thought I'd post this review of Arch Linux 0.7.
Arch Linux might be considered a cross between Slackware and Gentoo. It maintains the simplicity and stability of Slackware (not as stringent perhaps as Slackware but stable nonetheless) and the speed of Gentoo.You can read the rest of the review over here.
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terminalrecluse is home now Posts: 3802 Joined: 2004-08-07 |
#34773 Posted on: 02/21/2005 10:10 PM
I saw this review a while ago. Archlinux is one of the better distros of linux imho. 121 total Ghz, 304GB in total memory... Arch Linux - stable : 3930k @ 4.4Ghz, 64GB DDR3, 120GB Samsung 840, HX850 DAS - Norco 4020 - 20x Seagate 3TB, 1KW PSU FBSD 10 ZFS server - SM Chassis, SM X8DTE, 2x L5520 Xeons, 48GB Reg DDR3 ULP, IBM 5015 w/ 512MB DDR2 cache, RAID-50 - 42TB storage Dell C6100 - 4 nodes, 2 1.1KW psu's, 2x L5520s, 6x e5530s, 192GB reg DDR3 (48GB each), F@H, etc |
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stmok23 Registered User Posts: 798 Joined: 2002-02-02 |
#34774 Posted on: 03/01/2005 03:59 PM
Saw the review, and tried the distro.  Sempron (Socket 754): 2x Abit NF8-V (nForce3 250Gb) and ASRock K8SLI-eSATA2 (ULi M1697) Dual CPU love: Supermicro P6DBE (i440BX), PIIIDRE (i840), 2x PIIIDR3 (i840), 4x ASUS P3C-D (i820), and ACorp 6A815EPD1 (i815EP) OSs?: Linux, Solaris and BSDs. |
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terminalrecluse is home now Posts: 3802 Joined: 2004-08-07 |
#34775 Posted on: 03/01/2005 08:20 PM
what did you think? 121 total Ghz, 304GB in total memory... Arch Linux - stable : 3930k @ 4.4Ghz, 64GB DDR3, 120GB Samsung 840, HX850 DAS - Norco 4020 - 20x Seagate 3TB, 1KW PSU FBSD 10 ZFS server - SM Chassis, SM X8DTE, 2x L5520 Xeons, 48GB Reg DDR3 ULP, IBM 5015 w/ 512MB DDR2 cache, RAID-50 - 42TB storage Dell C6100 - 4 nodes, 2 1.1KW psu's, 2x L5520s, 6x e5530s, 192GB reg DDR3 (48GB each), F@H, etc |
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stmok23 Registered User Posts: 798 Joined: 2002-02-02 |
#34776 Posted on: 03/01/2005 09:15 PM
I actually heard about this distro from distrowatch.com and was curious about it. (So I read the review and gave it a shot). Its pretty good actually, coming from trying out various distros. (Good install documentation, I was up and ready to rock'n'roll in 20min. Forums are friendly, with useful stickies for newbies.) Well, its advantage is that you don't have to compile everything like Gentoo. This is good if you don't have a fast CPU like C3. (Which can take a day or two to get everything up the way I like it). I tried it on my EPIA (PD10000, 1Ghz "Nehemiah")...No problems there, nice and smooth. Don't use it with C3 CPUs that are older than "Nehemiah"...You get issues. (since this is a i686 optimized distro, and older C3 CPUs require i586 to work without issue). I like these kind of distros: its not "point-n-click", but still quite easy to setup, and allows plenty of customization. Its quite good for newbies who dare to go beyond the "point-n-click" world. 
It brings me back to the good old DOS days. I just love that sh*t, when I get full control of what I want. 
I think it strikes the right balance for a Linux enthusiast without spending alot of time setting up. Its one of those good ones you gotta try. Sempron (Socket 754): 2x Abit NF8-V (nForce3 250Gb) and ASRock K8SLI-eSATA2 (ULi M1697) Dual CPU love: Supermicro P6DBE (i440BX), PIIIDRE (i840), 2x PIIIDR3 (i840), 4x ASUS P3C-D (i820), and ACorp 6A815EPD1 (i815EP) OSs?: Linux, Solaris and BSDs. |
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busfahrer SMP Newbie Posts: 28 Joined: 2004-10-11 |
#34777 Posted on: 03/01/2005 09:30 PM
That sounds nice, like my kinda distro.
I'm going to give it a try. |