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While I've done very little with Gentoo, Arch's packaging seemed to me like running OpenBSD's ports tree from cvs, but without the option of an updated-every-si

While I've done very little with Gentoo, Arch's packaging seemed to me like running OpenBSD's ports tree from cvs, but without the option of an updated-every-six-months super-stable milestone release. It's inherently a "bleeding-edge" distro, which is not necessarily true for OpenBSD. (I run OpenBSD from snapshots/source and update a few times a month, but I also maintain some ports.) I've only experimented with Arch, though, and I'd also like to hear from others who know both well.

nalbyuites 16y ago
I have been an Arch user for about 6 months now. jumped the ship from Gentoo. Since I like to stay bleeding-edge, on Gentoo that meant often-broken packages that took a lot of time to fix. Arch has been very smooth till now, despite my using a lot of AUR packages.
- Daniel42 16y ago
  Arch user here. The great thing with a rolling release is that when something breaks there is usually a lot of people trying to solve the exact same problem at the same time. I think I learn a lot in problem solving because of that since I switch to Arch! And now every bug is a fun thing that almost never last long, you must be quick if you want to be the first to write the patch who will solve it!
ivenkys 16y ago
I use both - Arch as a primary desktop and OBSD for my servers. For all practical purposes you are correct. I personally think of Arch as a collection of components loosely put together, you pick and choose what you want and they generally work together, there are no releases per-se, stable or otherwise. OBSD is a more coherently designed and engineered system, if you want a particular feature that is available in a new release , the logical way to get it is to update to a new release. If you don't want it , you can simply stay on your release and just apply the rare security patches that come through.

nalbyuites 16y ago

I have been an Arch user for about 6 months now. jumped the ship from Gentoo. Since I like to stay bleeding-edge, on Gentoo that meant often-broken packages that took a lot of time to fix. Arch has been very smooth till now, despite my using a lot of AUR packages.

Daniel42 16y ago
Arch user here. The great thing with a rolling release is that when something breaks there is usually a lot of people trying to solve the exact same problem at the same time. I think I learn a lot in problem solving because of that since I switch to Arch! And now every bug is a fun thing that almost never last long, you must be quick if you want to be the first to write the patch who will solve it!

ivenkys 16y ago

I use both - Arch as a primary desktop and OBSD for my servers. For all practical purposes you are correct. I personally think of Arch as a collection of components loosely put together, you pick and choose what you want and they generally work together, there are no releases per-se, stable or otherwise. OBSD is a more coherently designed and engineered system, if you want a particular feature that is available in a new release , the logical way to get it is to update to a new release. If you don't want it , you can simply stay on your release and just apply the rare security patches that come through.