Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 On Linux
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Jaskanwar Singh
Aspiring Novelist
@ico
how is arch? never used it. compared to Ubuntu 11.10?
how is arch? never used it. compared to Ubuntu 11.10?
skeletor
Chosen of the Omnissiah
Ubuntu is an out-of-the-box distro. You don't have to install anything in it except the proprietary AMD Catalyst driver.
With Arch...you start with nothing but command line and have to download packages and configure them step by step. Installation takes time depending upon your download speed - as you are downloading packages and configuring them on the fly. End result is - you only have things which you need. Nothing more and nothing less. Not a distribution for beginners in any case but it is the fastest Operating System around because of its "no bloat" philosophy.
The user experience depends on which Desktop Enviroment you choose to install. I am using GNOME 3 + Shell in the above screenshots. Some people prefer KDE 4.7. Ubuntu uses GNOME 3 + Unity.
With Arch...you start with nothing but command line and have to download packages and configure them step by step. Installation takes time depending upon your download speed - as you are downloading packages and configuring them on the fly. End result is - you only have things which you need. Nothing more and nothing less. Not a distribution for beginners in any case but it is the fastest Operating System around because of its "no bloat" philosophy.
The user experience depends on which Desktop Enviroment you choose to install. I am using GNOME 3 + Shell in the above screenshots. Some people prefer KDE 4.7. Ubuntu uses GNOME 3 + Unity.
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Jaskanwar Singh
Aspiring Novelist
ok thanks ico.
vickybat
I am the night...I am...
Can we compare arch with the red hat distribution? I guess it too has similar features like you said, "start with a command line interface and then install packages as per requirements". I am a real noob in linux, thus asking out of curiosity.
The packages are .RPM installers right? Correct me if i'm wrong buddy.
skeletor
Chosen of the Omnissiah
Nope.
You don't "really" start with command-line in RHEL. If you wish to, that is your choice.
RHEL is for enterprise stability. Arch is for bleeding edge - everything latest. Packages get updated everyday - rolling release.
no RPM packages for Arch.The packages are .RPM installers right? Correct me if i'm wrong buddy.