Subj : Beaver de Pesky!
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Wed Jul 26 2017 22:12:33

Hey Nicholas!

 NB> it's definitely not worth arguing about which is better

Agreed.  At the moment I have the best of both worlds albiet the slackwarearm 
requires a 64-bit cross compiler at the moment.  I still have time to think 
about which way is best but I an leaning towards the one that will be 
independent of the internet.  My neighbour wants to take it for a car ride and 
if the usb GPS dongle doesn't give any grief I am all for it.  I found an addon 
card for both real time clock and DC/DC power supply that is locally 
manufactured (BC Robotics).  That ought to fix the problem I currently have 
with the raspi3 (independence) as well as allowing to use a 12VDC battery for 
input when needed.

 NB> Thanks for the links. I never saw those when visiting the site
 NB> directly, but then again I wasn't there long.

They don't make it easy to spot so I totally understand why you missed them.

 NB> lots of dependencies pulled in and you end up with a bunch of crap
 NB> you'll never use

Exactly.  That is what makes LFS so appealing.

 NB> I'll stick with Archlinux - since it seems to be the most reliable
 NB> (for me), least amount of bloat until you start adding stuff you
 NB> think you need, and their wiki is pretty dang good as well.

I've noticed that over the years.  Their PKGBUILDs are well written and 
informative too, even if you don't use Archlinux.  If I was to pick a 
distribution to get married to today it would likely be Archlinux.

Life is good,
Maurice

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