->-----Original Message----- ->From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mad ->Scientist ->Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:06 AM ->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ->Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] What Linux Flavor? -> -> ->Thomas J. Stens�s said: ->> You really havent heard of things like LFS (Linux From Scratch) or ->> Gentoo have you? =P -> ->I gave up on Gentoo. For some reason, the install failed trying to load ->the network card driver (a very early stage of the install). It was the ->right module and everything, but for some reason, it just wouldn't load. ->After a full day trying to figure it out, I through in the towel. ->Mandrake, FreeBSD, and even, God forbid, Windows, all loaded with no ->problems on the same box so I figure why waste my time on something that ->isn't ready for prime time. I had enough tinkering with finicky drivers in ->my Slackware days almost 10 years ago and I wasn't in the mood to re-live ->my university years. Especially since modern operating systems should be ->able to detect and load everything automatically. :-/
Well, I will w/o a doubt agree that gentoo has had its hiccups. hell, its a brand spanking new distro. I would not put it on an uptime important server yet that my job depended on. But I can see that happening in the future. I do agree, that its hardware detection isn't perfect (yet) I've had acpi scsi problems, ive had nic problems, and others all w/ different results depending on which version of install iso I used. But its gotten a hell of a lot better in a short period of time. Ive fixed all of them within a few minutes to an hour. A quick search through their forums, or post to their user email list has never failed me if I couldn't immediately fix it. I love gentoo. Its intelligent, fast, lean, mean, and its potential is through the roof. They took all the best aspects of other Free software, and started from scratch. And its still getting better. The latest 1.4 rc3 install cd is really good. All they need, is a front end (option)that can script a lot of the shit that can get tedious. Although I love that its so hands on, allowing you to make a personal choice for every aspect. just my 2 cents. kev _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
