On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 1:01 PM, R. Brent Clements <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rbclemen@gmail.com" target="_blank">rbclemen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
The presentation probably will include some amount of comparison to<br>
other "hands on" distros I am familiar with.<br clear="all"></blockquote><div> </div></div>I would be interested in:<br><br>Differences between Debian or Ubuntu.<br><br>Why would I want to consider ArchLinux vs. those?<br>
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