[Qt-interest] Linux distribution for Qt developer

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 11/21/2010 04:54 PM, jjDaNiMoTh wrote:
> 2010/11/21 Mateusz 'Matthew' Marek<matthew at matthew.org.pl>:
>>> Have you tried Fedora?
>>
>> Yes, the problem is that Fedora has many GTK configuration tools (I
>> don't need them, why I must install them?). And doesn't have "no
>> release" branch.
>>
>>> And what exactly is annoying in Debian? What's wrong with it? :)
>>
>> Freezing time before release, almost always something doesn't work,
>> even in testing and unstable for some packages you must wait very
>> long. And Debian Developers likes to put some packages in repo, which
>> completely break your system.
>
> Try ArchLinux, you have the lastest packages, and rolling-release.
> Configuration done by hand (or tools you want to install - but
> basically you could do all thing with one or two config files).
> Everything clean and lightweight.
>
> You could have a system with no GTK installed (KDE + Qt).

+1 for Arch.  I don't use it (I use Gentoo, which is somewhat similar), 
but have tried it in the past and it's very friendly to developers, 
offering all the latest versions of everything.

Also, it's a rolling release distro, meaning you don't have to wait 6 
months (Ubuntu) or 2 years (Debian) for new versions of packages.  You 
will never perform a "distro update".  All new software is installed by 
normal updates as soon as possible.  New versions of "Arch Linux" don't 
even exist.

This really makes a big difference.