I thought arch was just binary. Never knew they started having both.
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.
Arch if i am correct is both. and like Gentoo you can build as you install with the option of compile from source.
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> 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.
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>> > To entertain all the people who can't do Arch.
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>> > Le Troll Face.jpeg here
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>> >> What is the purpose of all these different distros?
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>> >> > On 3/1/19 6:18 PM, der.hans wrote:
>> >> >> moin moin,
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>> >> >> I have seen references to this, but for the first time went and looked.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Phoenix Linux - based on lubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Has anyone tried it?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ciao,
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>> >> >> 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
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>> >> > 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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