The advantages of archlinux than Gentoo __linux

     These two days to get a server, the machine is relatively old. Think about it without Gentoo, the compilation is really too troublesome, too slow. So I tried the archlinux. I have to say ArchLinux is the simplest and most cool Linux system I have ever used.         Download the installation disk, direct DD to u disk, boot on the line from U disk. The entire installation process will be over in more than 10 minutes. The middle options and usage are simple, and one automatically moves to the next after each setting. Network change rc.conf on the line, grub, Fstab automatically set up, and set up so simple, clean.         installed is the character interface, the installation of the graphical interface is also very simple, according to the Novice guide. Installed a xfce4, simple, easy to use. All finished also 1 hours, gentoo these words must compile at least one day.        pacman and emerge are actually not very different, but he does not control the version of the dependency relationship very well. The beginning of the time did not update the entire system, installed on the Xfce4 after the operation, the window those are not displayed. It looks like the GTK or the glib version is too old. If emerge, I don't have to worry about it. But the emerge of use and reliance, the vast Portage catalogue, is indeed terrifying.         and the day before yesterday to upgrade the system after the reboot said that can not find/DEV/SDA5. into a shell interface, in which root has been mounted. It's just a kernel mount. All the disks look really none. began to suspect that it was the 3.2.7 of the upgraded kernel. But it's not right to change the kernel. began to doubt the Udev. The results were pacman-syu, and the hooks Udev error happened to be seen. After the system has been updated Pacman-s Udev, restart just good. I feel like I don't even have a udev. But Pacman since all did not have the error or the prompt, emerge words will put this information in after all dozen. Although too much you can not see.         installed an ssh, feel archlinux rc.d configuration is simple and clear. Then I added a service to my gimps and it was simple and straightforward. Unlike Gentoo also a bunch of dependencies, the script is difficult to understand, you can not understand which first boot, which after the start.        archlinux documents are also many, but the writing is very simple, clear,Only tell you what to do, specifically how to change it does not write in detail.         in flexibility, archlinux is indeed inferior to Gentoo. Gentoo can be compiled and optimized at will. You can also choose this feature when compiling, not another feature.
Stability, ArchLinux and Gentoo tell the truth are to toss. The software has almost no test on it, and strong customization also leads to frequent and bizarre problems. Complex dependencies and versioning issues are often frustrating when updating and cleaning up the system. Look forward to Canterbury. In addition to the ports system on the BSD system, the common ports systems under Linux are: Gentoo Portage and ArchLinux ABS. There are also several ports systems on Mac OS X that can be selected, and the more famous are the MacPorts and homebrew