Repost: Arch linux anyone? Distro choices blah blah.

[dom at latter.org]

Alastair Stevens wrote:

> Stick to my trusty Ubuntu rule, which is never to run the x.10
> releases. I've been fine on all of the x.04 releases, and I'm not
> going to upgrade any of my machines until 10.04 LTS arrives.

Yup, you've mentioned it before.  Thing is I am really keen to get
on to a later kernel version, as the Intel video driver sucketh
in 9.04.  I could try rolling my own again.

> On the Arch topic, I've got a good old geek friend who's used Linux
> for years, tried 'em all, and settled firmly on Arch. So that's a
> ringing endorsement in my book - and I really ought to look at it
> again myself!

This is all good stuff.  I may try it on the kitchen radio [1] first -
which could probably do with a lighter-weight OS than Ub 9.10.

[1] Thinkpad 600E