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Anonymo 06-20-2008 12:02 PM
Slackware vs Arch
 
http://www.whowouldkickass.com/tech/...vs-arch-linux/

shadowsnipes 06-20-2008 12:14 PM
nice short comparison on that link. I don't really know what the point of voting for either would be, however, as the better distro depends on what suits an individual users needs.

mostlyharmless 06-20-2008 01:21 PM
Not to mention, who would be more likely to find the link, or read this thread or vote... it's probably not much of a representative sample.

Oliver_H 06-20-2008 01:27 PM
Nonsense - how do you compare two different approaches?

wadsworth 06-20-2008 01:43 PM
Doesn't make any sense to me to compare such
radically different distros.

Maybe something like Ubuntu vs. OPENSuse would make sense.
But not this.

gnud 06-20-2008 01:54 PM
The text is "lifted" from the Archlinux wiki -- http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/..._Other_Distros

Oliver_H 06-20-2008 02:16 PM
Yeah written by someone with a huge fantasy

>Arch is a very good system for Slack users who want package management with automatic dependency resolution and/or more numerous and current packages.

Slackware users do care about stability and reliability. Someone could compare Slackware to BSD, but ArchLinux is more like Debian Sid. If I want to test the latest stuff and help with development, then I go current in Slack.

>Arch is perhaps more similar to the *BSD's

Hurray we do have a similar init system and what else?

You see it's nothing wrong with fanboyism, but one should not really use it as base for any kind of knowledge. It's advertising, nothing serious.

Anonymo 06-20-2008 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by gnud (Post 3190499)
The text is "lifted" from the Archlinux wiki -- http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/..._Other_Distros
Aww you caught me.

Anonymo 06-20-2008 04:15 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by wadsworth (Post 3190490)
Doesn't make any sense to me to compare such
radically different distros.

Maybe something like Ubuntu vs. OPENSuse would make sense.
But not this.
http://www.whowouldkickass.com/tech/opensuse-vs-ubuntu/

wadsworth 06-20-2008 04:55 PM
What? That's obviously wrong.
OPENSuse would totally kick Ubuntu's @ss. :D

(I have ktorrent working on OPENSuse 11 right now)

symatic 06-20-2008 05:03 PM
Quote:
What? That's obviously wrong.
OPENSuse would totally kick Ubuntu's @ss.
I wasn't gonna comment, but you are correct.

Anonymo 06-20-2008 05:29 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by symatic (Post 3190646)
I wasn't gonna comment, but you are correct.
I don't like Microsoft OpenSUSE.

shadowsnipes 06-20-2008 05:34 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by symatic (Post 3190646)
I wasn't gonna comment, but you are correct.
apparently the Ubuntu users are just louder then (according to the completely fool-proof and utterly unbiased voting scheme of the whowouldkickass.com website).

Misfit138 06-20-2008 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by shadowsnipes (Post 3190421)
nice short comparison on that link...
I agree, I think it was perfect. :)

Both Slack and Arch are among the highest of the high quality distros, in my experience. There are over 300 distros available, and so few of them are truly 'high quality'.
I love them both.

Anonymo 06-20-2008 08:08 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Misfit138 (Post 3190722)
I agree, I think it was perfect. :)

Both Slack and Arch are among the highest of the high quality distros, in my experience. There are over 300 distros available, and so few of them are truly 'high quality'.
I love them both.
I think this is why Slackware and Arch Linux are compared, because of the similar KISS philosophy and the fact that they are so great at what the do.


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