[KLUG Members] Anyone tried Gentoo Linux?
Steven L Owens
members@kalamazoolinux.org
Tue, 04 Jun 2002 16:45:43 -0400
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I recently installed Gentoo on one my boxes and I have found it to be the most intriguing distro that I've come across. Gentoo installs everything from source and allows for a lot of copiling optimization and it also uses Portage which is apparently a BSD style ports system that will resolvle dependencies.
One advantage I have ecountered is the very noticeable speed increase. KDE 3.0 runs so much faster that I don't hate it anymore:-). In general I have never had a linux box with so much pep, it just feels fast.
I also like the roll your own style. Nothing gets installed unless I install it. This also means that I have to know what I need something for before I install it. Complete control over what is on my box and where it is.
The documentation on the website http://www.gentoo.org is adequate to good. But combine that with the support forums on the site and most of my questions are answered very quickly.
A couple of cons that I ran into so far. X and KDE took about 5 hours to compile and install from source and my box is pretty powerful compared to most. I've heard reports of 12-24 hours on some slower boxes. Although those are the "biggies" nothing else has taken more than 10-20mins.
Plus currently there is no ebuild for sendmail but I'm sure that will be forthcoming shortly.
I'm definetely not a linux expert, probably more novice but the biggest reason I'm so jacked up is the sense of accomplishment I got from the whole thing. I installed it, compiled the kernel about 4 times to get it just right, installed x and kde from source, and got my usb mouse working.
I'm JAZZED about the whole experience.
Slonocode
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I recently installed Gentoo on one my boxes
and I have found it to be the most intriguing distro that I've come
across. Gentoo installs everything from source and allows for a lot of
copiling optimization and it also uses Portage which is apparently a BSD style
ports system that will resolvle dependencies.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> One advantage I have ecountered is the very
noticeable speed increase. KDE 3.0 runs so much faster that I don't hate
it anymore:-). In general I have never had a linux box with so much pep,
it just feels fast.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I also like the roll your own
style. Nothing gets installed unless I install it. This also means
that I have to know what I need something for before I install it.
Complete control over what is on my box and where it is.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The documentation on the website <A
href="http://www.gentoo.org">http://www.gentoo.org</A> is adequate to
good. But combine that with the support forums on the site and most of my
questions are answered very quickly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> A couple of cons that I ran into so
far. X and KDE took about 5 hours to compile and install from source and my
box is pretty powerful compared to most. I've heard reports of 12-24 hours
on some slower boxes. Although those are the "biggies" nothing else has
taken more than 10-20mins.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Plus currently there is no ebuild for
sendmail but I'm sure that will be forthcoming shortly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I'm definetely not a linux expert,
probably more novice but the biggest reason I'm so jacked up is the sense of
accomplishment I got from the whole thing. I installed it, compiled the
kernel about 4 times to get it just right, installed x and kde from
source, and got my usb mouse working. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I'm JAZZED about the whole
experience.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Slonocode</FONT></DIV>
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