+1 for PCLinuxOS 2010<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Errol Sapir <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:errol@tzora.co.il">errol@tzora.co.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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On 12/23/2010 07:10 AM, Michael Johnson wrote:<br>
> On Wed, December 22, 2010 9:08:30 AM Mark Greenwood wrote:<br>
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>> If you're interested in trying a different distro - one that keeps more up to<br>
>> date without the need to use potentially dodgy PPAs - you could try Arch linux,<br>
>><br>
>> although I'm not reccomending it as I've never used it myself. Had this been a<br>
>> year ago I'd have reccomended Mandriva, but that's a bit dead in the water<br>
>> these<br>
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>> days.<br>
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> Just chiming in here, as someone who's been using Arch Linux for a year and a<br>
> half or so: it's a great distro if you want cutting-edge versions of software;<br>
> the versions available in the repositories are updated almost in tandem with<br>
> upstream, which I really enjoy. Arch is also great if you like having a great<br>
> deal of control over your system, because it leaves most configuration decisions<br>
> up to you (rather than making them all automatically).<br>
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> However, it is undeniably harder to get set up and get running than something<br>
> like Ubuntu is; it makes fewer assumptions about what you want. It won't even<br>
> install a window manager by default; that's up to you. But if you like that<br>
> control, and don't mind tinkering on the command line, I highly recommend it.<br>
> The community is also quite helpful, even though it's smaller than for Ubuntu.<br>
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> If that's not what you're looking for, but you would like a rolling release<br>
> distro (no waiting for big version updates, like Ubuntu), you might watch<br>
> openSUSE Tumbleweed, which was recently announced. It's just starting, but once<br>
> it's done it sounds interesting.<br>
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> Michael<br>
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</div></div>My 2c for a distro. Try pcLinux2010. I can recommend it for DIgikam as<br>
it installs the latest version and keeps abreast of recent updates. I<br>
prefer the way it installs and uses Digikam to Kubuntu or other os's. I<br>
have it as a dual boot and swap between Kubuntu and PClinux using the<br>
latter when I am doing a lot of photo work. There are downsides to<br>
PCLinux (for me) but as I have never been a good compiler of Digikam<br>
this is the way I keep the latest Digikam without waiting too long. My<br>
photos are on a external drive so I can view them with Kubuntu which is<br>
my main OS, but for a "photo work" session I boot PCLinux.<br>
It may be a roundabout way to go but it works for me.<br>
<font color="#888888">Errol<br>
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