Postby efgee » 12 Aug 2014, 19:26
Having several Linux machines I use both, alphaOS and ManjaroBox.
(both use OpenBox, pacman, etc.)
Both have their strength and their merit.
Basing alphaOS on Manjaro instead of arch would make alphaOS obsolete, and here is why:
The philosophy of alphaOS is beeing a small OS that comes only with really needed stuff.
All system files reside in one compressed file; therefore the Arch Rollback Machine is needed.
(system files will not change, keep same release date - Manjaro does not have a rollback machine)
A new version of alphaOS requires a new alphaOS ISO.
If you change that you end up with a slimmed down ManjaroBox (rolling release) which would make alphaOS obsolete, but I already said that...
It seems that keeping alphaOS as it is correlates with the wish of it's users and I assume it aligns well with sim's (the creator of alphaOS) vision of alphaOS.