On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:09:48 +0100 Fabian Braennstroem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > > does anybody tried arch-linux before and can tell me now, why gentoo is > better. I need some good arguments for a friend, who doesn't know which > distribution (arch/gentoo) he should use. > Is it just the speed which is very important? > I haven't tried arch-linux, but I would have the following questions: 1. How long has the distribution existed? 2. How many developers? 3. How many users? 4. How responsive to fixing bugs? 5. How many packages offered? I'm sure you will find that gentoo is the better choice when you compare the answers to questions 2-5. Of course, if your friend is a total newbie, you might try SUSE. -- Collins - Denver Area Gentoo stable plus kernel 2.6.1-mm2 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
