090518 bn wrote: > Philip Webb ha scritto: >> With binary distros, you are stuck with whatever their makers give you. > whatever distro you're using, Linux is Linux. You're not locked out. > If my xorg.conf doesn't work (it happened with Ubuntu), > I can edit it on Ubuntu just like on Gentoo. > I can compile source packages on Ubuntu too, if needed.
But don't you immediately run into all the settings & assumptions which the creators of that release of that distro have made for you ? Can you have multiple versions of a library (as via Gentoo's slots) ? You're also stuck with their kernel: how many users of Mandriva compile their own kernels ? how safe is it to use your own kernel with the rest of the distro ? You also have to accept their version of big items like KDE : if you use Slackware, you've got to use KDE 4 , like it or not (me: not); with Gentoo, you can go on using KDE 3 & its pieces much longer. If you use Ubuntu, you've got to accept their eccentric & questionable attitude to passwords, esp that they don't have a separate root password. I find that a piece of cheap popularisation contrary to UNIX principles. So if you use Mandriva or Slackware -- good binary distros both -- , you accept what's been cooked for you & are one of the crowd of diners. If you use Gentoo, you enjoy your own home cooking. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
