Gobolinux - the filesystem is the package manager

Re:Gobolinux - the filesystem is the package manager by T_S_ on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @02:48PM (#1736769)

I'm using Arch now for two reasons. It is surprisingly easy to install and maintain. The documentation and wiki are the real reason behind this. I guess that's the surprise: docs beat guis, at least in linux distros.

Also I can keep a bleeding edge system up to date with out much trouble. I never could figure out how to do this with unbuntu.

I guess there is also a third reason. Arch seems to keep up with haskell developments very well.

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Re:Gobolinux - the filesystem is the package manager by VMG on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @03:46PM (#1736975)

I use Arch too, but I really don't get what this has to with GoboLinux...

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Re:Gobolinux - the filesystem is the package manager by T_S_ on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @07:15PM (#1737734)

No argument. I made the comment for the benefit of distro shoppers. They won't see it as off-topic even if it is.

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Re:Gobolinux - the filesystem is the package manager by VMG on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @09:27AM (#1739283)

I understand. I just fear that Arch users become another group of overzealous fanbois.

I have already seen the joke "How do you recognize an Arch Linux user? He will tell you" floating around on the web...

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Re:Gobolinux - the filesystem is the package manager by T_S_ on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @02:21PM (#1740476)

I consider myself to be an underzealot. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who doesn't already know how to get in and out of nano or vi.

My main motivation came from noticing the extensive support for haskell packages. I would have been happy to use a debian-based distro, but haskell seems to be too bleeding edge for distros like ubuntu to keep up.

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