[gentoo-user] Gentoo noob here

[Kwame Opam]

Hi. I've been doing a lot of reading on Gentoo recently, and I've already 
fallen in love with it. Currently, I use SuSE 8.2, but I'm bored and I want 
to try something different. Before I go ahead with the install, I have a 
couple of questions. Since I've only been using Linux for the past 2 months, 
am I adequately prepared to install it? I printed out as much documentation 
as I could (I've run out of paper), but the length of the installation is 
frightening. Also, provided I do manage to get it working, are there any 
ways to get updates and patches like Red Hat's up2date? How does Gentoo 
compare to other distros? Are there any special advantages in it being 
source-based as opposed to being RPM-based? Finally, what is portage like? 
It sounds a lot like Apt to me.

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