On 2008-06-23, ray <ray@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:29:20 +0200, Hadron wrote:
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>> Jerry McBride <jmcbride@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> Why I Use Gentoo?
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>>>> | So, I have been asked this question many times. And of course the |
>>>> assumption is that I am some sort of a masochist who enjoys wasting
>>>> time | on compiling packages. However, that is not entirely true.
>>>> There are | some other reasons why, after trying Ubuntu (started linux
>>>> with it), | Gentoo and then Arch I settled on Gentoo. `----
>>>>
>>>> http://rahulthewall.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/why-i-use-gentoo/
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I try to get Gentoo on everything I touch or otherwise influence. It's
>>> the absolute best Linux distribution for those that know what they want
>>> and what they need. Gentoo... You need a full blown desktop with
>>> compiz-fusion or a specific purpose server... it's your call. You build
>>> exactly what you need... no extra fluff... It's kinda' like a perfect
>>> choice... Something no one ever had with proprietary OS's of any ilk.
>>
>> Please outline what you can do with Gentoo that you can not do with
>> Debian.
>
> Optimize the entire damned distro to run on my 1ghz mini-itx.
Technically, you can do the same in debian - it's just not as easy (AFICT). I
could be wrong though, I only ran debian for a few days before I switched to
gentoo and that was like 2002 or 2003.
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Tom Shelton
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