<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">I thought arch was just binary. Never knew they started having both.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">If arch is offering a binary system, isn’t that a closed system and doesn’t that violate open source license. That is my question.</div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">On Mon, Mar 4, 2019, at 13:58, Stephen Partington wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="fastmail-quoted"><div style="font-family:Arial;">Arch if i am correct is both. and like Gentoo you can build as you install with the option of compile from source. <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 1:40 PM Harold Hartley <wheelie207@ownmail.net> wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> __<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> The first part you said I couldn’t have said any better.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> Now isn’t arch a binary system which has their system files and packages in binary form.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> That doesn’t leave much for fixing a problem on the system if it’s binary files.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019, at 13:27, Stephen Partington wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> Mostly it is just a personal preference. Sometimes it is related to the window manager. Sometimes it is the package manager. There are a number of reasons. <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> I personally am torn between arch and Ubuntu (especially with their lite install option) I like both for different reasons. I have been considering moving to arch on my laptop. <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019, 12:04 PM Aaron Jones <retro64xyz@gmail.com> wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > To entertain all the people who can't do Arch.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > Le Troll Face.jpeg here<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 11:29 AM Stephen Elliott <tnflyfisher@live.com> wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> What is the purpose of all these different distros? <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > On Mar 3, 2019, at 12:00 PM, <plug-discuss-request@lists.phxlinux.org> <plug-discuss-request@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > Send PLUG-discuss mailing list submissions to<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.phxlinux.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fplug-discuss&data=02%7C01%7C%7C763b23d1df1b4e6336a108d6a00a7265%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636872364060787903&sdata=qJghQhX9hWHCKzKKW9aBQO2zzPJ46052LA8aHlCqZm8%3D&reserved=0<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > plug-discuss-request@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > You can reach the person managing the list at<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > plug-discuss-owner@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > than "Re: Contents of PLUG-discuss digest..."<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > Today's Topics:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > 1. Re: Phoenix Linux (Matthew Crews)<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > Message: 1<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 15:15:37 +0100 (CET)<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > From: Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > To: plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > Subject: Re: Phoenix Linux<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > Message-ID: <c07a8f64-f2ad-bc77-5bcd-1227c27d2d52@mattcrews.com><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > On 3/1/19 6:18 PM, der.hans wrote:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> moin moin,<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> I have seen references to this, but for the first time went and looked.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> Phoenix Linux - based on lubuntu 16.04.3 LTS<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fphoenixlinux.weebly.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C763b23d1df1b4e6336a108d6a00a7265%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636872364060787903&sdata=gbDmb4Xv3bBpMO%2By4qtTA2sPhge2s82e39Mx3Daj%2F0M%3D&reserved=0<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> Has anyone tried it?<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> ciao,<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> >> der.hans<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > I haven't tried it, but it looks like a hobby respin of Lubuntu, but<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > with none of the support (and lagging behind upstream by a significant<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > margin).<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > Hobby distros, especially hobby respins, are a tough sell for me because<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> >> > of the lack of support. 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