[Lazarus] The perfect Linux distro for FPC and Lazarus development

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Op 2011-03-07 11:55, Mark Morgan Lloyd het geskryf:
>
> Well I do- when I have to- and sometimes it works and sometimes it
> doesn't.

That's not good enough for me, hence I always do a clean install, and I 
am guaranteed it works.


> I just think that it's important to have the option, and I'm
> writing that with the benefit of rather more than five years experience.

I meant that specific disk layout has been used for the last 5 years 
with great success - that is not my accumulative Linux experience. I 
have used Linux since the really 90's.


> The real problem is not the underlying OS (i.e. the Linux kernel, X and
> so on) or the lower-level libraries (libc, gtk2) but is the layers of
> middleware that have accumulated and have to be "just right" before

Well here I can comment too. As I mentioned before, I haven't used 
Slackware since years. I'm glad to say that with regards to init scripts 
etc, Slackware hasn't really changed in the last 10+ years. It is still 
very simple and direct, with easy to understand and edit scripts. Unlike 
Ubuntu which uses Red Hat-ism init functions, then which to some other 
startup routines etc... It's like Ubuntu doesn't know what they like or 
want. But then, Ubuntu is targeted for the "desktop users" - which 
wouldn't give a rats ass about init scripts anyhow. :) I don't consider 
Programmers equal Desktop Users.

Anyway, as you said, sometimes upgrades work, and sometimes they don't. 
That is simply not good enough for me, so I'll rather stick to a clean 
install every time.

Regards,
   - Graeme -

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