[arch-general] Good press at distrowatch.com

[Denis Kobozev]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter at plaetinck.be> wrote:
> The config files are so powerful you can just add whichever
> repositories you need and add packages/groups to install
> whatever you want.
> http://github.com/Dieterbe/aif/blob/master/examples/generic-install-on-sda
> This should also answer Denis' question.

It's probably only a matter of time before somebody releases a config
file for installing a set of packages similar to a typical desktop
distro, such as Ubuntu. Then Arch installer might become one of the
fastest among all distributions, both in terms of actual speed and
perceived speed from the user's perspective. You boot, you type aif -p
automatic -c /usr/share/aif/examples/gnome-install-on-sda, you wait a
bit and then you have a complete and up-to-date desktop system. No
clicking 'next, next, next...' ad nauseam, no silly little choices to
make. There's a pitfall though: too many possible config files and
you're forcing a user to make a choice he or she doesn't care about :)
Users familiar with Linux will most likely want to create personalized
config files for their own needs and wouldn't rely on pre-made
templates.

A bit idealistic view, perhaps, but probably not very far from reality.

Dieter, is it possible to resize existing partitions via PARTITIONS
variable in the config file? What kind of error do you get if you put
incorrect values there?

Denis.