Subj : Re: Vector and Gentoo
To   : Tracker1
From : Ibanez
Date : Thu Jun 02 2005 01:18 am

  Re: Re: Vector and Gentoo
  By: Tracker1 to Angus Mcleod on Wed Jun 01 2005 09:42 pm

 > Gentoo is pretty much a DIY distro, it essentially starts with a cleaned up

But it doesn't have to be what with there being precompiled binaries available
for most systems these days. "That defeats the purpose" I hear you say.

Some people really really really like Portage (I know I love it). I also find
that the entire distro is pretty easy to configure anyhow. I like how they lay
out /etc. That in itself is enough of a reason for me to put it on pretty much
any machine and set it up quickly with prebuilt binaries. I can tweak later
when I compile updates (though you cannot tweak some things if you didn't
compile your system "from scratch").

I've done about a dozen stage one installs - some for myself and some for
others.

Oh and I hear they are working on a graphical installer to sugarcoat the
process! Should be interesting to see how that pans out. ;)

- Ibanez

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