Reply With QuoteI've gotten the impression that they don't want any more users who can't read a wiki and transcribe commands to bash.Originally Posted by Yoshi
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Not every benchs depends on your desktop...
If you run disk IO benchs, or httpd benchs, then it depends on your kernel, filesystem, hdparms, ...
I don't think that John the ripper depends on KDE for its performances.
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I've gotten the impression that they don't want any more users who can't read a wiki and transcribe commands to bash.
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@TheCycoONE
I understand that but the new method is even more complicated, I would say. So maybe the get the complete opposite of what they wanted to achieve.Personally, i'll try out the new method and will see how far i can get with the wiki etc. With AIF i didn't need to look in the wiki at all. So yeah, for me it's a step backwards. But I'm sure i'll learn a lot while trying it out to get it up and running.
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Sounds like it's turning into Gentoo - without the advantages
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Well, the install docs are really small.
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If you happen to use a heavy desktop that steals X % cpu, it will show in any cpu-using bench. Not even mentioning the horrible trackers and indexers.
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Wow phoronix is so slow, I heard about this days ago on /g/ of all places.
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I'm still torn between Arch and Debian. Both have a lot of packages that the other doesn't (including AUR), both I've encountered an update resulting in an irreparable system, Arch performs notably better, but its such a pain in the ass to set up (but I guess Gentoo is worse).
I'm not sure how I feel about the new installer. I haven't tried it yet but it almost seems like they're just being lazy. There really needed to be a new install CD (hopefully one that supports GRUB 2) but for someone with a slow internet connection like myself, Arch is just slightly too much of a pain to consider ATM. At least with Debian I don't need any reference guides.
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If you follow the instructions carefully is difficult to fuck up an Arch installation. I don't think that many things can go wrong if you don't mess a lot with your system and read the announcements before updating. (in4b famous last words).
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I switched to Fedora when I realized how bleeding edge it was and how often packages update. Debian is great but updates at a snails pace unless you use the unstable stuff (let me stress unstable). Arch is great but requires so much work to maintain or reinstall.
Using RPMFusion and contributing what I can that's missing really helps fill in the gaps. The downside is I have to reinstall or do a massive update every 6 months to stay on top, which didn't happen when I was with Debian or Arch. On the plus side, I tend to mess up my OS every 6-8 months and because I don't back things up regularly, I'm reinstaling anyway and Fedora seems to be easy to do so.
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