Just finished installing Gentoo on my second box and thought I would
post my impression of it:
So far it is awesome. I am really impressed and highly recommend it to
anyone who only wants specific software compiled specifically for their
system. In a way, every Gentoo box is different and only contains the
software you want.
The forums they have are also excellent. I have found answers to every
issue I have had just by searching the forums.
The Portage package system is amazing. Just type 'emerge PACKAGENAME'
and it calculates all dependencies, downloads relevant source into the
main code tree on your system, compiles with your specific settings, and
installs. For example, 'emerge mozilla ' or 'emerge xfree' and 'emerge
xmms'.
If you are interested go to
www.gentoo.org and try it out.
I have definitely been converted.
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