Cradle to Grave – A Look at Arch Linux
I have upgraded my systems around 30 times with new versions. In the office, I use Ubuntu, and I also keep abreast of SUSE and Mandriva. However, all these distributions have one feature in common— they get updated twice a year, with a lot of excitement and curiosity generated around each new version. However, over the last few years, I’ve found that while I want the new capabilities, the process of upgrading is too disruptive.
I was very comfortable with the OS that came with the Eee PC 701. It booted fast, and had all the functionality I needed once I installed VLC and could play x.264 videos. After over two years, I finally had to change and replace it with Ubuntu Netbook Remix as I wanted to explore new browsers,particularly, Mozilla Fennec. Switching a distribution was easier than making the new browsers run with the old libraries. This triggered a train of thought—what if I wanted to create my own distribution. Should I base it on Debian,Ubuntu, Fedora or should it be something else. If something else, why? It is easy to create a custom spin with Fedora. I use it to create a live USB version that I use on an old system without a hard disk. Switching versions is not hard. The repository details need to be changed. But it is not transparent. It also needs all the virtually identical packages to be downloaded again.
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