Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 3rd Nov 2004 07:07 UTC
To paraphrase one of the best "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes, "Best of Both Worlds", both Arch Linux and Slackware represent the best of all the OS worlds: the power of traditional Unix, the elegance of BSD and the ease of mind of Mac OS X. This is an article outlining the differences between --what I believe-- are the two best Linux distros around today. Mind you though, "best" doesn't always mean "easy".
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Thanks for bringing Arch to my attention! I've been using Slackware as my main OS since 9.0, and I've been wondering if there was anything comparable to it.
One thing you touched on that has always bothered me about Slackware:
Arch also turns off my machine automatically too, while with Slackware I have to manually turn off the power button. Little things like that make a difference.
I get around this, depending on which computer I'm using, by either installing the bareacpi.i kernel or turning on APM support in rc.modules. I agree though; it would be nice to have ACPI/APM support "out of the box".
I have a spare hard drive laying around that I use to try out new stuff; right now it has the latest each of Ubuntu and BeOS Developer Edition. I think I'll take Arch for a spin on it. Who knows, it may even depose Slack as king of my computer!