I originally got interested in checking out the Chakra project because it was based on Arch Linux. As I mentioned before, the super customizability doesn’t appeal to me. I don’t have time for that - perhaps if Arch had existed when I was in high school or college I might have enjoyed it. What I do like is that they tend to have the latest packages and they tend to keep the distro as simple as possible - with very few customizations. When I went to do my pre-review research, I found out that while Chakra WAS based on Arch, they’ve now split off into their own proper distro. (Kinda like Fuduntu and Fedora) While they still use Pacman and other Arch-y things, they’re slowly changing to their own products.

Two years ago I reviewed Arch Linux.  My conclusion at the time - great if you have to control every aspect of your system, but it’s not for me.  I later used it on my Pogo Plug to set up a file and print server and it definitely has its merits.  I know, generally speaking, that one of the best parts of using Arch is getting access to the latest software before anyone else.  So I decided to take a look at a few Arch derivatives that take the work out of getting Arch installed while still having the benefits of Arch’s early access.

An eclectic mix for this photojojo:

Looks like all my interesting photos from this time period were from Dan’s birthday.

This photo remains at the #1 Position, but #2 is coming up quickly from behind and may surpass it this year!

Basically a swap from yesterday!  This was the #2 photo when I started my Top 200 Feature: and now it’s:

My #3 most viewed photo when I started the Top 200 Photos feature was: now it’s: which has dropped one position since then

This was originally my #4 most viewed photo: now it’s: which moved up a few positions since then.

When I created my Top 200 Photos feature, this was #5: now it’s:

Originally, my Top 200 #6 photo was: and now it’s: which has actually moved up since I did my Top 200!