ArchLinux + XFCE

[myth47]

I used Gentoo last year on an old laptop and liked it.  However, in
choosing a distro this time, the thought of spending days compiling just
didn't appeal to me.  Can you compile programs from source in Arch or is
it recommended that you stick with what's in their packaging system? 
For example, I would much rather compile xfce from CVS.  Thanks.    

On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 16:41, Remco Lubbers wrote:
> Op Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:30:47 -0500 (EST) schreef Miro Hodak aan XFCE general
> discussion list <xfce at xfce.org>:
> 
> >Well, let us not turn this thread into distro war. 
> 
> hearhear!
> 
> > But I cannot resist to at least say this:
> > I am using Gentoo and I have also tried Arch. Both distros are nice, the 
> > main difference is that Gentoo is source distribution, so you have to 
> > compile packages to use them. It takes about 30 minutes to compile XFce, 
> > which is not bad. Also, Gentoo has bigger package repository (mainly 
> > because it has more users and developers).
> > That said, both distros are great, their main advantage is that they do 
> > continuous update, i.e. packages are updated soon after new version is 
> > released and is tested. No need to wait for an upgrade of whole distro and 
> > upgrade all your packages at once to get the latest and greatest.
> 
> not having tried Arch, but having read the website and the reviews and seeing
> this post I'd like to add that Lunar is maybe something in between gentoo and
> arch, being sourcebased, very up-to-date AFAICT and I like the way you can
> fiddle the compile and install options, which are kept for next time. It makes
> syslife easier without handing of control :-)
> 
> I did not like Gentoo myself.
> 
> Remco