[GRLUG] distro advice

[Don Ellis]

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/21/2013 02:10 PM, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
> > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 01:09:12PM -0400, Topher wrote:
> >> I have a slightly older box that I want to use as a minecraft server AND
> >> client.  It has a VERY old version of mint as well as winXP on it.
> >> No-one's used the box in a while, I'm pretty sure I'm just going to wipe
> >> it clean.
> >>
> >> I want to put linux on it, and I want the install to be as painless as
> >> possible.  The desktop pretty much doesn't matter, since we just need a
> >> simple way to load minecraft.
> >>
> >> So I need something kind of light, with an easy install.  I'm thinking
> >> not gnome or kde, and probably not even xfce.  Something like fluxbox
> >> sounds about right.
> >
> > And since when does a guy who runs Arch care about an "easy install"?
> > One would think any distro that actually _has_ an installer would
> > qualify as "easy" to an Arch guy. ;)
> >
>
> I missed that he was accustomed to Arch.
>
> In that event, it's time for him to learn Gentoo. We take Arch refugees
> all the time... :)
>

Exactly what has been recommended to me in this context. The "installer"
gives you exactly what you ask for, no more, no less. All you have to do is
to know what to ask for...

--Don Ellis
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