Re: [dev] suckless distro

From: Ryan O’Hara <rninty_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:38:05 -0700

On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:35 AM, FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:28:42 -0700
> Ryan O’Hara <rninty_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> How do you usually get around Skype being Skype?
>
> It was an example. People seriously using Skype now are forced to have
> PA installed. And many people have to use Skype because their work
> requires it.

Those who care that much, like in many things that are not Arch, will
choose not to upgrade it.

>> Where does that assumption come into play in Arch?
>> I’m using a tiling WM with no problems.
>
> Read this[0]. There are plenty of programs not working well with
> tiling-wm's. It's choice not to use them, but I felt like including
> them in my list.

This doesn’t appear to have anything at all to do with distro choice.
(And hey, Arch doesn’t have packages for beep-media-player, gqview, or aterm!)
Received on Tue Jun 24 2014 - 17:38:05 CEST