Arch if i am correct is both. and like Gentoo you can build as you install with the option of compile from source. 

On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 1:40 PM Harold Hartley <wheelie207@ownmail.net> wrote:
The first part you said I couldn’t have said any better.
Now isn’t arch a binary system which has their system files and packages in binary form.
That doesn’t leave much for fixing a problem on the system if it’s binary files.

On Mon, Mar 4, 2019, at 13:27, Stephen Partington wrote:
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. 

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. 

On Mon, Mar 4, 2019, 12:04 PM Aaron Jones <retro64xyz@gmail.com> wrote:
> To entertain all the people who can't do Arch.

> Le Troll Face.jpeg here

> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 11:29 AM Stephen Elliott <tnflyfisher@live.com> wrote:
>> What is the purpose of all these different distros? 
>> 
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>>  > Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 15:15:37 +0100 (CET)
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>>  > On 3/1/19 6:18 PM, der.hans wrote:
>>  >> moin moin,
>>  >> 
>>  >> I have seen references to this, but for the first time went and looked.
>>  >> 
>>  >> Phoenix Linux - based on lubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
>>  >> 
>>  >> https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fphoenixlinux.weebly.com%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C763b23d1df1b4e6336a108d6a00a7265%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636872364060787903&amp;sdata=gbDmb4Xv3bBpMO%2By4qtTA2sPhge2s82e39Mx3Daj%2F0M%3D&amp;reserved=0
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>>  >> Has anyone tried it?
>>  >> 
>>  >> ciao,
>>  >> 
>>  >> der.hans
>>  > 
>>  > I haven't tried it, but it looks like a hobby respin of Lubuntu, but
>>  > with none of the support (and lagging behind upstream by a significant
>>  > margin).
>>  > 
>>  > Hobby distros, especially hobby respins, are a tough sell for me because
>>  > of the lack of support. I'd normally prefer to stick to upstream (in
>>  > this case, Lubuntu).
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>>  > The same person responsible for Phoenix also makes Feren OS, which is
>>  > based off of Linux Mint (and in the process of rebasing to Ubuntu LTS).
>>  > Feren is relatively well received and does have a support structure, and
>>  > looks fairly nice.
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