On Thu, 27 May 2010 18:48:38 +0200, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:12 PM, David Lowe wrote:

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I'm new to Arch Linux & Linux in general, so please excuse any newbie questions... Can the Arch Linux install do a dualboot installation? I've read some documentation and it seems to be iffy on this point. Also, why are most Linux users and programmers so obsessed with Python? I'd much rather download Euphoria. http://www.rapideuphoria.com If it's a requirement that a Python runtime be on the system, then I'd rather not install at all.

Python is an opensource language used by many applications. You may have to install it while installing some desktop environment. As for dual boot, any Linux can be dual booted. If you already have some other Linux, you just need to add the entry for the partiton which contains the Arch kernel into Grub.

Maybe just compare the websites... obviously Python wins! :) -- Jeroen Op 't Eynde - jeroen@xprsyrslf.be - http://xprsyrslf.be To read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Bottom-posting Steun Jeugdhuis de PUT via Donamail: http://www.donamail.be/default.asp?btnID=iYOviYvW

On Thu, 27 May 2010 23:17:42 +0200, John K Pate wrote:

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Maybe just compare the websites... obviously Python wins! :)

At any rate, there's no reason not to install both euphoria and python. If you're planning on sticking with a distribution like Arch that requires you to `look under the hood', you should get used to working with a variety of programming languages. There's no single language which is perfect for every job.

yes -- Jeroen Op 't Eynde - jeroen@xprsyrslf.be - http://xprsyrslf.be To read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Bottom-posting Steun Jeugdhuis de PUT via Donamail: http://www.donamail.be/default.asp?btnID=iYOviYvW

Python is powerful, easier to learn/read/write(compare to perl), lightful(compare to C++/Java), thats why python is sexy. Dual-boot linuxs is never a problem to grub, i guess that why never any document got such topic detailed, all you need to do is to modify /boot/grub/menu.lst, even not at all, you may press 'C' in grub menu and run into the grub shell, and type commands to boot the the other kernel. On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 5:30 AM, audioslave10152 wrote:

Why wouldn't you install both?

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Jeroen Op 't Eynde

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On Thu, 27 May 2010 23:17:42 +0200, John K Pate wrote:

Maybe just compare the websites... obviously Python wins! :)

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At any rate, there's no reason not to install both euphoria and python. If you're planning on sticking with a distribution like Arch that requires you to `look under the hood', you should get used to working with a variety of programming languages. There's no single language which is perfect for every job.

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On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:42 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:

On 05/27/2010 04:21 PM, Stefan Husmann wrote:

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python is no requirement for Arch Linux itself. If you do not like it, just do not install it.

Isn't pacman written in python?  That would make python a requirement for Arch then, right?

The rankmirrors script is in python, but pacman itself is in C, and makepkg is in bash.