<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><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.</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><blockquote type="cite" id="fastmail-quoted"><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. I'd normally prefer to stick to upstream (in<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > this case, Lubuntu).<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > The same person responsible for Phoenix also makes Feren OS, which is<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > based off of Linux Mint (and in the process of rebasing to Ubuntu LTS).<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > Feren is relatively well received and does have a support structure, and<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > looks fairly nice.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > -------------- next part --------------<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > Name: signature.asc<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > Type: application/pgp-signature<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > Size: 833 bytes<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > URL: <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.phxlinux.org%2Fpipermail%2Fplug-discuss%2Fattachments%2F20190303%2F22561458%2Fattachment-0001.sig&data=02%7C01%7C%7C763b23d1df1b4e6336a108d6a00a7265%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636872364060787903&sdata=a1CDo73PR2qUDpuKqP2uHdFA5MkwgUnr1dtAkxfO2pE%3D&reserved=0><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;">>> > Subject: Digest Footer<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > _______________________________________________<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<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%7C636872364060797908&sdata=YLMpxM2zMugze0XPXfgXobTT3pLOFEg6yvfy3bAz6IE%3D&reserved=0<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;">>> > End of PLUG-discuss Digest, Vol 165, Issue 3<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;">>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> ---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">---------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div id="sig4468849"><div class="signature">--<br></div><div class="signature"> Harold Hartley<br></div><div class="signature"> 17632 N. 5th place<br></div><div class="signature"> Phoenix, AZ 85022<br></div><div class="signature"> wheelie207@ownmail.net<br></div><div class="signature"><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>