[arch-general] My end-user $0.02 on /etc/rc.conf splitting.

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On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 02:39:35PM +0200, Nelson Marambio wrote:
> Am 22.07.2012 10:58, schrieb gt:
> 
> >You can try aptosid, or linux mint debian edition.
> >
> 
> Really Mint ? I switched FROM Mint TO Arch because upgrading Mint
> ended up in a re-installation of the whole system :-(

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 03:38:52PM -0700, David Benfell wrote:
> On 07/22/12 05:39, Nelson Marambio wrote:
> > 
> > Really Mint ? I switched FROM Mint TO Arch because upgrading Mint
> > ended up in a re-installation of the whole system :-(
> 
> Yes, dist-upgrade simply doesn't work anymore because Ubuntu, Mint,
> and I assume Debian are all making changes between releases that break
> the upgrades. That, too, is why I switched to Arch Linux.

Nelson, David

LMDE is not the usual mint. It is rolling release based on debian
testing, so no dist-upgrade stuff.

Frankly, I haven't tried it, but I don't think it will break stuff
anymore than arch does. All I have heard is praise about it, but I am
too engrossed in arch to give it a thought, yet.