OpenBenchmarking.org: Ubuntu Prepares To Be Overtaken By Arch Linux

[Michael]

The last part is correct though - /etc/os-release is the file to parse nowadays, not /etc/lsb-release.

Is Arch even supplying a proper /etc/os-release file right now? (PTS has long supported os-release.)

[eagleoneraptor]

The last part is correct though - /etc/os-release is the file to parse nowadays, not /etc/lsb-release.

True, and don't forget to fallback to /usr/lib/os-release.

http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html

[Gusar]

Is Arch even supplying a proper /etc/os-release file right now? (PTS has long supported os-release.)

There's an os-release file, but I just noticed it's in /usr/lib, not in /etc. This is its content:

NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ANSI_COLOR="0;36"
HOME_URL="https://www.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.archlinux.org/"

[Creak]

Is Arch even supplying a proper /etc/os-release file right now? (PTS has long supported os-release.)

Apparently yes:

~$ cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ANSI_COLOR="0;36"
HOME_URL="https://www.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.archlinux.org/"

@Gusar:

~$ ll /etc/os-release 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 29 jui 21:10 /etc/os-release -> ../usr/lib/os-release

[dh04000]

Great news. To me, it shows the Phoronix readership is a bit more discerning with their distro choice. I think that was probable given the nature of the site, but it's nice to see actual evidence.

Great news. To me, it shows the Fox News readership is a bit more discerning with their demographic choice. I think that was probable given the nature of the show, but it's nice to see actual evidence.

FTFY

[grndzro]

The reason Arch popularity has skyrocketed is the Evolution arch installer.
Makes it really simple to get arch up and running for us non "gifted" people.

[Michael]

Apparently yes:

~$ cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ANSI_COLOR="0;36"
HOME_URL="https://www.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.archlinux.org/"

@Gusar:

~$ ll /etc/os-release 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 29 jui 21:10 /etc/os-release -> ../usr/lib/os-release

Just made a change to Phoronix-Test-Suite Git to increase the priority of scanning os-release to hopefully detect Arch Linux better, if anyone using PTS can try out Git (https://github.com/phoronix-test-sui...nix-test-suite) and confirm that would be great.

[Flolo]

Fedora

If the testsuite behaves on other fedora installations as on my, I understand that its % is so low: Out of curiosity I tried to run some of the test - already at downloading/installing the missing pakets, it crashed/went into some kind of endless loop that created as many processes as possible. Also the system detection is buggy: System info yields with my system: PROCESSOR = Intel Core i7-3930K @ 5.70GHz (12 Cores) - and no, my system is actually not running at 5.7 GHz.

I found the idea of such a test suite very good, even when it is not running on all systems/distributions (I am not curious enough/have that much spare time to track that bugs back). Michael does a good job with this, but one should be careful when drawing general conclusion as "this/that distri is the most popular for conduction test", when maybe the reason is just that it is not working out of the box with certain distributions.

[dh04000]

The reason Arch popularity has skyrocketed is the Evolution arch installer.
Makes it really simple to get arch up and running for us non "gifted" people.

You can't let non-linux-elite use ARCH!?! Noobs will taint the eliteness that makes us so much better than those plebs with their GUI and click interfaces. If you don't compile all your apps and kernels then you don't deserve to live! Time to kill the installer and keep these losers on Winblows where they belong!

(Am I doing it right? )

[Gusar]

(Am I doing it right? )

LOL . Arch folks don't usually compile stuff though, unless it's from AUR.