Agreed. Gentoo is probably the best distro for the more experienced. The
portage, IMO, is better then FreeBSD.

Wade  

On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 00:51, John Hebert wrote:
> Gentoo, w/o a doubt. You will end up with a stripped down hotrod Linux 
> install and you will know what exactly is under the hood. You will 
> appreciate learning about Gentoo's very nifty packaging system, which is 
> kinda like the BSD ports tree, but for Linux.
> 
> Joey Kelly wrote:
> 
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > I'm scouting out what my next distro for my main desktop will be, and am 
> > considering slack. I'd like pros and cons about it, please...
> > 
> > FYI, I am not a newbie, and configs by hand don't scare me... in fact, I 
> > want 
> > a distro that will force me to learn stuff in detail.
> > 
> > Thanks.

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