<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Ritesh Sinha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sinha.k.ritesh@gmail.com">sinha.k.ritesh@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> 2010/4/26 Mallikarjun <<a href="mailto:mallik.v.arjun@gmail.com">mallik.v.arjun@gmail.com</a>>:<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5">><br> ><br> > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Ramnarayan.K <<a href="mailto:ramnarayan.k@gmail.com">ramnarayan.k@gmail.com</a>><br> > wrote:<br> >><br> >> On 4/26/10, Ritesh Sinha <<a href="mailto:sinha.k.ritesh@gmail.com">sinha.k.ritesh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> >> >><br> >> > Arch is the best (well documented) rolling release. No other beginner<br> >> > friendly ones that I am aware of. But you can look at it this way,<br> >> > once you've spent the effort in setting it up the first time you don't<br> >> > really have to do much to keep it running. You should also be aware<br> >> > that you will usually have bleeding edge software and compatibility<br> >> > might break from time to time (this is anecdotal of course, YMMV).<br> >><br> >> So what kind of net connection is required for Arch -<br> >><br> >> from what i can gather a pretty reliable and fat pipe seems to be the<br> >> order of the day.<br> >><br> >> was realy curious what rolling release meant - so checked the wiki<br> >> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_release" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_release</a><br> >><br> >> "A rolling release is typically implemented using small and frequent<br> >> updates. However, simply having updates does not automatically mean<br> >> that a piece of software is using a rolling release cycle; to qualify<br> >> as a rolling release, the philosophy of developers must be to work<br> >> with one code branch, as opposed to discrete versions. Updates are<br> >> typically delivered to users using a package manager and a software<br> >> repository accessed through the internet."<br> >><br> >> seems to me that this is something that requires constant access to<br> >> the net and also not really meant for systems that require stability.<br> >> The latter because there is no way such solling release can account<br> >> for individual systems setup and cutomized (or can it)<br> >><br> >> The advantage i see is that instead of lump sum one gets small updates<br> >> (maybe) and it means that after the initial install , maybe, one can<br> >> survive on a small bandwidth.<br> >><br> >> There won't be patches, anything recitified will automatically appear<br> >> in the main rolling release<br> >><br> >> Also it probably means there is never going to be any excitement /<br> >> hype about the latest release. Once you install a rolling release all<br> >> one can say is "aha my system is the same as it was 10 years ago" -<br> >> thats something actually.<br> ><br> > on the bright side, no need to reinstall with every release(Of course<br> > Upgrade option is there, but I say "Upgrade is fairly usless to 60% of the<br> > users", reinstallation will give a different feel than Upgrade")<br> ><br> > Now I feel should give a try to Arch and Gentoo.<br> <br> </div></div>You should! It's a great learning experience. I learnt a lot about<br> linux configuration from Gentoo. Arch is my second favourite distro, I<br> use it for work where I require latest and greatest versions of<br> software :).<br></blockquote><div><br>It is good to hear that you have had experiences with both the operating systems,<br>A question to ask... <br><br>Can you enlighten me regarding package management about both Arch and Gentoo?<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">><br> > Ubuntu is becoming more of Suse I think, more commercialization than<br> > Democracy...<br> <br> </div>Ubuntu was never a democracy [1]. There was a great outcry about this.<br> Personally I don't really care, if Ubuntu doesn't work for me I can<br> always switch to something that does (or if I have the requisite<br> skills, build one of my own). But why does the commercialization<br> bother you? They still give us the source code and I think it's a<br> wonderful way to provide services built around an awesome OS.<br></blockquote><div><br>Commercialization is no bother for me, of course every one work for money, but a small scare for future with many <b>what if? </b>questions...<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> [1] <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/03/ubuntu-is-not-democratic.html" target="_blank">http://www.webupd8.org/2010/03/ubuntu-is-not-democratic.html</a><br> <div class="im">>><br> >><br> >> regards<br> >> ram<br> >><br> >> --<br> >> ubuntu-in mailing list<br> >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in</a><br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > ubuntu-in mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in</a><br> ><br> ><br> <br> <br> <br> </div><div class="im">--<br> Sent using the magic of the interwebs.<br> <a href="http://ritesh.posterous.com" target="_blank">http://ritesh.posterous.com</a><br> <br> --<br> </div><div><div></div><div class="h5">ubuntu-in mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>