PacMan 原文

介绍了Arch和CRUX的关系和两者的对比

Arch Linux

http://www.archlinux.org/



CRUX

http://www.crux.nu/



CRUX

CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimized Linux distribution targeted at
experienced Linux users. The primary focus of this distribution is
"keep it simple", which is reflected in a simple tar.gz-based package
system, BSD-style initscripts, and a relatively small collection of
trimmed packages. The secondary focus is utilization of new Linux
features and recent tools and libraries. CRUX also has a ports system
which makes it easy to install and upgrade applications.



Arch Linux

Short: Arch Linux is an i686-optimized linux distribution targeted at
competent linux users (read: not afraid of the commandline)



Long: Arch is fast, lightweight, flexible and simple. Those aren't very
fancy buzzwords but they're all true. Arch is optimized for the i686
processor, so you get more for your cpu cycle. It's lightweight
compared to RedHat et al, and its simple design makes it easy to extend
and mold into whatever kind of system you're building.



This is backed by an easy-to-use binary package system that doesn't get
over-complicated (I can almost write the whole thing in bash) and a
simple build system that will hopefully encourage users to build their
own packages (Arch Build System). Rebuilding your entire system is as
simple as running 'makeworld'.



Arch Linux strives to maintain the latest stable version of its
software. We currently support a fairly streamlined package set with a
growing collection of contrib packages made by myself and other AL
developers. A brief component list is below.



In its goal to be simple, flexible, bla bla bla, I've adopted CRUX's
ideology and have left out the relatively useless portions of a linux
system, things like /usr/doc and the info pages. In my own personal
experience, these are rarely used, and the equivalent information can
be obtained from the net if need be. Manpages all the way...



Arch Linux also strives to use some of the newer features that are
available to linux users, such as ext3/reiserfs and devfs support.



应该说这两个发行版介于gentoo/LFS和其它发行版之间。

他们的包都是tar.gz的，两者都很小巧、时髦、灵活。他们所带的软件包基本上都是最新的稳定版，并提供了一套脚本可以很方便的制作用户自己的包。

区别主要在于，Crux更小，他的ISO文件不到200M，正好可以放在3.5寸的CD-R/W里，他的包是标准的tarball，没有包含任何元数据，
因此它的包管理系统没有依赖关系，这要用户自己去解决。Arch的ISO有大约600M，包也是tarball，但包含了基本信息，可以自动解决依赖关
系。