On 18:09 Tue 13 Jan , Fabian Braennstroem 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? > > Greetings! > Fabian > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >
Just looking at the front page of http://www.archlinux.org tells me that arch-linux is optimised for i686. This is a big difference from gentoo, for one thing I assume it is x86 only. Gentoo will optimize packages however you ask it too, based on your /etc/make.conf settings - it can do this because it builds everything (if you use a stage1 tarball) on the local machine as you install it. Gentoo has portage as a package manager, arch-linux has pacman, again the homepage tells me: "Pacman package manager, which couples a simple binary package format with an easy-to-use build system" So there you are. arch-linux has a (primarily) binary package manager, gentoo (primarily) source-based. I don't think it is a question of which is 'better' in absolute terms, it all depends what you want to do with it, and what your personal tastes and goals for a distro dictate. Your best option is probably to read the About section of their website and see how well it fits your needs. Cheers Bryn -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
