On Friday 24 October 2003 20:44, Kwame Opam wrote: > 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.
I came from Mandrake 9.1 and I tell ya, Gentoo Rocks! It's worth every effort to get in there and leanr it. Their guides are pretty straight forward to follow and understand, and that in my book is better than most distros I've used. Portage handles all the security patches and the whole lot. Advantages of being source base is obviuosly performance, but I also think it's that you actually have SW available faster to you (as most project release in source). Portage is what got me interested in gentoo. It basically allows you to manage your SW install, and resolves dependencies for you. -- Eduardo Silva -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
