Cut down Linux + customisable X windows

[Ian Fleming]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 12:37:25PM +1000, Paul Gear wrote:
> On 09/02/12 11:54, Ian Fleming wrote:
> > ...
> > I would say Arch Linux. Having said that you will need to be familiar with
> > a couple of configuration files and/or have good google foo ;)
> 
> ... and have patience for your package manager breaking every time you
> update.
> 
> Why bother when Debian is so similar to Ubuntu, and takes so much less
> effort to maintain?  I've never met anyone who needs the bleeding edge
> that Arch provides (and Gentoo is pretty much the same).

No fun. I do not recommend the testing repo and one just has to go to archlinux.org
before the upgrade to look for those very rare show stoppers (ive had one in 2 years) or just review the upgrades 
output for any warnings. Fun.

True you can not upgrade blindly. That applies to all distros!