I've heard of Parabola before, but didn't realize it was an Arch derivative. I'm a big fan of Arch... I may have to try it out. :) Andrew On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:51 AM, David <djsteinhafel at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I use Parabola GNU/Linux[1] on my home desktop. Parabola is an entirely > Free Software (libre) derivative of Arch Linux[2]. Arch uses the Linux > kernel (with binary blobs) and includes non-Free software in its repos. > Parabola uses the linux-libre kernel and maintains a blacklist[3] of > non-Free applications in the Arch repo. > > I found that I was learning more about GNU/Linux computers, and having > more fun, after I started using Arch instead of Ubuntu (or Trisquel). I > found Parabola GNU/Linux a few months after using Arch and have been very > satisfied with its design and performance. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabola_GNU/Linux > [2] > http://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/parabola-gnu-linux-joins-the-fsf-list-of-free-distributions > [3] https://projects.parabolagnulinux.org/blacklist.git/tree/blacklist.txt > > From, > djs (fnord.) > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Jeremy MountainJohnson < > jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've been using it's parent, Arch Linux, since 2003 and have not switched >> distros since that time. I hope you enjoy ArchBang :-) >> >> -- >> Jeremy MountainJohnson >> Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Craig Rosenblum <crosenblum at gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Has anyone else worked with that yet? >>> >>> It's very lightweight and minimal. >>> >>> How is everyone doing otherwise? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120614/b024a576/attachment.html>