From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pz0-f42.google.com (mail-pz0-f42.google.com [209.85.210.42]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EC93C1A2AB for ; Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:55:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: by pzk30 with SMTP id 30so232631pzk.29 for ; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:55:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.103.8 with SMTP id a8mr154418wac.159.1283979341195; Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:55:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com (ip72-208-233-7.ph.ph.cox.net [72.208.233.7]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k23sm736938waf.17.2010.09.08.13.55.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:55:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:55:36 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: arch linux and orca Message-ID: <20100908205536.GA16310@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20100906142235.GA1687@nextdog> <20100906162216.GA3236@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <874oe1r0x8.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <874oe1r0x8.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:55:42 -0000 With its package inventory, I don't know really how minimalistic it actually is but the lack of hand-holding might make it seem tminimalistic. When Chuck Hallenbeck turned me on to Arch last summer, he compared it somewhat to being like Slackware as I had come from a long Slackware background. The package management and dependency tracking in ArchLinux is far better than Slackware however. And more packages are available. I also have never seen an easier system for creating new packages of your own either. On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 11:08:51AM -0500, Christopher Brannon wrote: > "Glenn Ervin" writes: > > > what is Arch Linux, that is, what is different about it? > > Thanks > > It's a minimalist, do-it-yourself Linux distribution. > It doesn't hold your hand. > > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup