Arch is really small. I run it in VMs because it gives me what I need (the
ability to compile linux Haskell binaries), plus our very own Don Stewart
(hope he doesn't mind if I claim him...) does a lot of Arch stuff making the
GHC experience awfully nice :-)
Dave
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Magnus Therning
I've decided to shop around for other options when it comes to a Debian distro to put on my Eee PC 900. Since it has no HDD I want something that isn't too bloated (some is all right) and ideally leaves up to me what to install and what not to. At the same time I'd like to have up-to-date Haskell packages in the native packaging system available (sure, cabal-install is all right for the odd package, but I'd rather use the native packaging system).
Debian Sid would be a contender, though (no offence, I know they work hard) it's often slow in providing the latest versions of packages.
Arch Linux is very up-to-date, but I'm not convinced it's a distro suitable for an Eee without HDD (I'm prepared to be proven wrong though).
Is there something else out there I should be looking at?
/M
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