[GLLUG] Arch Linux - Request for Comment

[Chick Tower]

Just in case it matters to your friend, Peter, Arch has just announced 
that it will be dropping i686 support sometime in the future to focus 
exclusively on x86-64 CPUs.  They say it shouldn't matter much, since 
i686 is "old" hardware, and people can use the Arch Build System (ABS) 
to compile new software for i686 architectures.  ABS is similar to 
FreeBSD's ports system; maybe it's even identical, just translated to Linux.

                                Chick


Peter Smith wrote:
> A coworker, currently Debian but a Slackwarer in his heart, was 
> wondering if anyone had any personal experience with Arch Linux that 
> they'd like to relate. Just the general sorts of things; usability, 
> problems, activity, updatedness...