<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:23 PM, John Drescher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drescherjm@gmail.com">drescherjm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">> I had just the opposite experience. Running Fedora, there was always<br>
> some package that had a dependent package I couldn't get. I had to<br>
> search hi and low for it and it was often difficult to find. Maybe<br>
> those days are gone, I don't know. The other problem with the package<br>
> approach is that the package is usually built with the most or all of<br>
> the features/options which I may not need or want.<br>
><br>
</div>That has been my experience.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I use gentoo and I do have problems from time to time when a package<br>
> is broken or it's blocked by something strange. I have always worked<br>
> it out, mainly by searching and finding people who have the same<br>
> problem. This usually leads to bug report and the bug report has the<br>
> fix or workaround.<br>
> Granted, though, this is not for the casual user. The majority of the<br>
> time emerge update works just fine. And, I have a system that is built<br>
> just for what I need.<br>
><br>
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</div>Usually in this case I try the testing version and it works while the<br>
"stable" does not..<br>
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John</font><br></blockquote></div><br><br>I have been using Arch for a long time now, and use it on both my Mythbox and my desktop/FE. The package manager (pacman and/or yaourt if you like) is easy as heck to use and the community is top notch. The thought of trying another distro hasn't even crossed my mind since I first tried it.<br>
<br>Bob<br>