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From: JingYuan Chen <phil.cyc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Looking for a pre-compiled Linux distribution
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 02:28:06
Message-Id: CA+7LKPkAyNkpi1w94xquHcZX8PHZgXMftzgEB0MFo-xZ8UU4TA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Looking for a pre-compiled Linux distribution by Nikos Chantziaras
1 I think that I will recommend Void Linux to you.
2
3 The reasons are as follows :
4 1. rolling release as Gentoo and Arch.
5 2. use runit as init system.
6 3. Its package manager, xbps, is easy and quick to install/update/remove
7 software.
8
9
10 On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
11
12 > On 24/11/17 00:01, Wols Lists wrote:
13 >
14 >> On 23/11/17 18:45, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
15 >>
16 >>> On 23/11/17 19:11, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
17 >>>
18 >>>>
19 >>>> I'd like to recommend a Linux distribution to someone who needs an as
20 >>>> simple Linux distribution as possible.
21 >>>> Since I am going to help that person from time to time, it should be
22 >>>> as similar as possible to Gentoo.
23 >>>> [...]
24 >>>>
25 >>>
26 >>> Arch Linux is similar. Just imagine you have "emerge", except there's
27 >>> only binary packages. When you install it initially, you're left on the
28 >>> command line with nothing installed except base packages, much like
29 >>> Gentoo.
30 >>>
31 >>> How close is Slackware to that description?
32 >> [...]
33 >>
34 >
35 > I'd say not close at all. Slackware uses pretty outdated software and is
36 > not rolling release.
37 >
38 > Arch Linux on the other hand, like Gentoo, does not have releases. You
39 > install it once and the upgrades are pretty much identical to Gentoo.
40 >
41 >
42 >