Recent release of libpng and libtiff arrived into main Arch repo and require a massive update for all packaged that depend on it. This update is dangerous and may or may not break your system. If you have installed packaged from AUR you should check it and rebuild if they depend on libpng or libtiff - mostly cairo-* packages, else they might not work.
Showing posts with label archbang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label archbang. Show all posts
Friday, February 10, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
KDE 4.8 hits Arch repos
Finally, two or more days after announce in more popular blogs such as WebUpd8 and OMGUbuntu, KDE 4.8 hits my nearest arch mirror. So I decided to update and see what's new and improved in this long awaited version.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
OpenSuse 12.1 and Tumbleweed vs ArchLinux, part 2
Here is the rest of my short comparison:
That's all. I think I will stick with ArchLinux for a while as it is more powerful and more customizeable. And I will try to create a separate repo, keeping packages for about a 3 or 6 monts for stability, and only applying patches, if needed at all. Just like Canonical made Ubuntu :)
| Feature | ArchLinux | openSuse |
| Package updates | Very often, about every day | Rare.Tumbleweed repo is updated more often,though. |
| Comunity support | Large and friendly | Very large |
| I want a customized iso? | You can build it yourself with Archiso. It is not so easy, but doable :) You will find it very powerful | Use Suse Studio It is a mater of some clicks and voila. Customization is very limited and Package Management is like a hell There is also kiwi (like archiso). I haven't tried yet. |
| ARM support | Yes, see ArchlinuxArm | Yes, but there are limited support with Kiwi builder and no support with Suse Studio |
That's all. I think I will stick with ArchLinux for a while as it is more powerful and more customizeable. And I will try to create a separate repo, keeping packages for about a 3 or 6 monts for stability, and only applying patches, if needed at all. Just like Canonical made Ubuntu :)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Best way to get started with ArchLinux
I really like ArchLinux. But it is very hard to install for me. Just because official iso does contains only very limited subset of base packages without any GUI. This requires to know what to install and how to install. Then it comes many adjustments and tweaks to make it all work.
Fortunately, there is an easy way. Just go to http://archbang.org/ and download Archbang. This is fully featured ArchLinux, tweaked and customized for you. Ready to run in livecd mode and also install on your computer. Archbang does come with very basic GUI, though. GUI is Blackbox WM and limited, but functional desktop environment like panels and app menus.
Cool, eh!
Just to get started.
Fortunately, there is an easy way. Just go to http://archbang.org/ and download Archbang. This is fully featured ArchLinux, tweaked and customized for you. Ready to run in livecd mode and also install on your computer. Archbang does come with very basic GUI, though. GUI is Blackbox WM and limited, but functional desktop environment like panels and app menus.
Cool, eh!
Just to get started.
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