4 ms·
I second this. I switched from Arch to Debian unstable so I could have machines targeting unstable, testing and stable all from the same distro. I do miss Arch
by monkeyfacebag 14y ago
I second this. I switched from Arch to Debian unstable so I could have machines targeting unstable, testing and stable all from the same distro.
I do miss Arch-style init though.
- gcr 14y agoArch makes it trivially easy to poke at the source code for any particular package, which has immensely helped me learn how things work. I'm just curious: did that matter very much to you? if so, is there some Debian process to do the same thing?
- icebraining 14y agoapt-get source [package-name] This downloads the source of the package to the current directory. To compile, first install the compilation dependencies: apt-get build-dep [package-name] Then inside the source directory, the easiest way is to install debuild and then just run: debuild That compiles and creates a .deb ready to install. The New Maintainers guide[1] has a lot of information, though most is only relevant if you want to become an official Debian maintainer; for tweaking existing packages, it's not important. [1]: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.en.html http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.en.html
- vhf 14y agoI did the exact same thing. Migrated my office (6 PC and 3 servers) from Arch to Debian for the reason you give. I don't miss Arch since I'm very happy with it at home and on my laptop.