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What advantages does Arch Linux have over Ubuntu?

• dho 17y ago
  http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Compared_to_Other_Distributions#Ubuntu http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Compared_to_Other_D...
• Sirupsen 17y ago
  Read at Dho's link. My primary reason for the switch was that I wanted to learn more about Linux.
• Macha 17y ago
  The main one: Packages don't end up 6 (or more) months out of date between updates. The maybe a advantage (if you agree with the OP)/maybe a disadvantage(if you like me, don't): Much more manual configuration.
  • foldr 17y ago
    Been a while since I used Ubuntu, but you can typically install newer packages from pre-release versions. You're not locked in to the 6 month upgrade cycle. I think it's a pretty good model. For 90% of the installed software there's really no reason to update packages more than every 6 months.