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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/13/2012 01:23 PM, Khalid
Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CA+TuoW3-Zm+KzM__YWTXfqYzegRd-9b1BhSxNniZr0-K20CRaA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 1:01 PM, R. Brent Clements <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:rbclemen@gmail.com" target="_blank">rbclemen@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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In order to make the topic of Arch Linux more relevant to what
people<br>
hope to get out of it, I welcome any input on what people
would like<br>
to see focussed on. I don't imagine a simple walkthru of the<br>
installation is really of that much interest.<br>
<br>
Specifically, if people could answer this question:<br>
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Why are you (or would you be) interested in using a distro
that<br>
requires so much more hands on work to install and configure?<br>
<br>
I know that the first answer that will come to mind for most
people is<br>
simply to try it, or in order to learn more about how their
system<br>
works "under the hood". And that is a perfectly valid
response to my<br>
question. However, I am more looking for specific
applications or<br>
goals that I may be able to address in the discussion.<br>
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The presentation probably will include some amount of
comparison to<br>
other "hands on" distros I am familiar with.<br clear="all">
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I would be interested in:<br>
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Differences between Debian or Ubuntu.<br>
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Why would I want to consider ArchLinux vs. those?<br>
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Does it have long term support versions (e.g. 3 years desktop, 5
years server)?<br>
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Does it have a server edition (no GUI, no desktop)?<br>
-- <br>
Khalid M. Baheyeldin<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://2bits.com" target="_blank"></a><br>
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I am curious how updates/upgrades work. I am used to modular,
packaged updates from specific repositories that can often be
installed on a running system. How does Arch do this?<br>
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