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I am in the same situation as parent so I'll give you my reasons for not using Arch: - Tried arch for some weeks, I liked it but had to reinstall twice after s

I am in the same situation as parent so I'll give you my reasons for not using Arch: - Tried arch for some weeks, I liked it but had to reinstall twice after some pacman -Sy managed to break something and I couldnt't upgrade/install anything anymore ; - I love the nice ubuntu fonts and aliasing/hinting ; - I installed it again in the beginning of this year (netinstall) and although I was installing from the web I had no connection (not even eternet) upon rebooting even though I followed the wiki step-by-step (I tried it twice as well). I wish there was some arch version that would have a debian like cycle release. (I also dabbled with parabolla)

dkuntz2 14y ago
I've never had a problem with pacman breaking things on install/updated except for when I attempt to use unstable repositories. You can get the exact same font aliasing/hinting, you just need to change the hinting settings (if you're using gnome, install gnome-tweak-tool, if you're using xfce it's in the font settings menu, I don't know about other DEs). Arch wouldn't really be arch if it had a release cycle. Part of the simplicity of it is that it's a rolling release.
- johnchristopher 14y ago
  > I've never had a problem with pacman breaking things on install/updated except for when I attempt to use unstable repositories. I wasn't using any unstable or experimental repo., only the standard basic one. I read on HN some weeks ago that there had been problems last year and there were related to some changes in the system and that that year wasn't a good one to get started with arch but I didn't follow on that. > You can get the exact same font aliasing/hinting, you just need to change the hinting settings (if you're using gnome, install gnome-tweak-tool, if you're using xfce it's in the font settings menu, I don't know about other DEs). https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration I have my doubts I just need to change the hinting :] Ubuntu's defaults are really good (for me). I am using awesome. I don't see the point of using gnome or kde with a distro that has simplicity in mind (but that's my take on it).

dkuntz2 14y ago

I've never had a problem with pacman breaking things on install/updated except for when I attempt to use unstable repositories. You can get the exact same font aliasing/hinting, you just need to change the hinting settings (if you're using gnome, install gnome-tweak-tool, if you're using xfce it's in the font settings menu, I don't know about other DEs). Arch wouldn't really be arch if it had a release cycle. Part of the simplicity of it is that it's a rolling release.

johnchristopher 14y ago
> I've never had a problem with pacman breaking things on install/updated except for when I attempt to use unstable repositories. I wasn't using any unstable or experimental repo., only the standard basic one. I read on HN some weeks ago that there had been problems last year and there were related to some changes in the system and that that year wasn't a good one to get started with arch but I didn't follow on that. > You can get the exact same font aliasing/hinting, you just need to change the hinting settings (if you're using gnome, install gnome-tweak-tool, if you're using xfce it's in the font settings menu, I don't know about other DEs). https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration I have my doubts I just need to change the hinting :] Ubuntu's defaults are really good (for me). I am using awesome. I don't see the point of using gnome or kde with a distro that has simplicity in mind (but that's my take on it).