[Sussex] What distro?

[John D.]

Geoffrey J Teale wrote:

>OK, 
>
>From broad experience and with a view for your desire to use more recent 
>software I would advise one of the following:
>
> - Arch Linux with AUR packages.  (if you want the latest goodies in a 
>sensible stable format).
>
> - Gentoo (If you want the really quite newish goodies and are prepared for a 
>lot of compiling)
>
> -  Ubuntu (or Kubuntu if you prefer KDE) if you want a distro with a 6 month 
>release cycle which is always reasonably up to date (i.e. more up to date 
>than Debian).
>
>- Debian if you're prepared to run the "unstable" packages.
>
Geoff,

Whats the Arch linux install like ? Cos it's on this months LinuxFormat 
coverdisc (along with a couple of others).

regards

John D.