Comments on: I want Gnome: Arch or Ubuntu?

By: SaigonNezumi (Kevin)

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:32:49 +0000

I always had problems with Brasero in Arch so I just used K3b. It does not bother to me that is is a KDE app. If it is a good application, use it

I am using Gnome in Gentoo right now and quite happy. It runs much more stable than KDE under Gentoo.

Best of luck with Arch.

By: DarkBaboon

DarkBaboon — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:16:58 +0000

I know the two burning applications in Archlinux, GnomeBaker and Brasero both sucks (only K3B does a good job but it is a KDE application)…

But I heard about a simple GTK+ disc burner which may concern you : http://code.google.com/p/recorder/ this is a project specifically for Archlinux made by an Archer who’s bored about the recorders available for our choice distribution.

And I agree with you, people at Archlinux forums are conversant with Linux a bit more than Ubuntu and company. P

By: celettu

celettu — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:33:05 +0000

Sandesh:

actually the size of Sabayon is the reason I never tried it out before. I’m on bandwith limit, and downloading an entire DVD is a bit much.
But I’m curious now, so I’ll probably try out the next release.

Mic:

No. Just…no

By: AmblestonDack

AmblestonDack — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:17:47 +0000

I agree that Ubuntu is not designed to be tinkered with. I use both Arch and Ubuntu and I have to say that my PC is where I just listen to MP3’s, watch DVD’s read my e-mail and surf the net, but my Arch laptop is where I do all the serious stuff

As for Sabayon, I have never got it to work, ever! I managed to get Gentoo to install and I spend a month trying to keep it up to date, but I binned it in the end in favour of Arch. Please don’t tell me that Sabayon is as much of a pain to keep up to date as Gentoo :/

By: nongeekboy

nongeekboy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:56:08 +0000

Ubuntu is a “ready to use” distro; if you don’t want to have any problems with it, play only with the look and nothing else. I alaways recommend Ubuntu (and PCLinux) to those who want just to listen music, watch movies and surf the net. If they want to learn linux, then Ubuntu it’s not the right distro. Arch is

By: mads

mads — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:22:51 +0000

You make a good point: If you go with ubuntu, pray that it works and don’t tinker. The ubuntu system and documentation seem really user-unfriendly as sson as you start messing with the configuration. Having had Arch for at little over a week, I already understand more of what’s going on under the hood than I did with ubuntu in over a year.

By: QUASAR

QUASAR — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:00:22 +0000

Arch for everything

By: Mic

Mic — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:59:05 +0000

Below is a generalization :

Gnome = Ubuntu

Arch = KDE

By: Sandesh Sadhale

Sandesh Sadhale — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:45:09 +0000

Well, I would like to recommend that you take Sabayon linux for a spin….its the only distro I see the potential in, to kick ubuntu’s from its enviable position. The desktop renders beautifully – art work is descent. The fonts appear exceptionally sharp. Right from mp3 to flash – everything just works out of the box and guess what the installation is like arch – but much better – in the sense that everything is custom compiled on your machine(Sabayon is gentoo based) – thus every line executed on ur processor is customized/ optimized for it and the whole architecture of your machine. The installer is graphical and painless. In terms of speed – it beats not only ubuntu but most of the distros around hands down! Try out the Live DVD – as it comes with tons of software – i havent ever needed to install anything additionally.