There are problems with that article - even with the "same" hardware there were differences (setting up udma and different X drivers)....so I wouldn't conclude from it that Gentoo is slower than Debian or Mandrake.
However even if (and that's a big if IMHO) it is, that's not the main point of Gentoo...I think portage is the best package management system out there. Slackware is great though too, when used it, it always felt so much cleaner than RedHat or Mandrake. Anyway, guess it comes down to what you like :) Later Simon On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 15:10, Armstrong wrote: > re gentoo optimization > this was on /. a few days back: > http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=inde >x&req=viewarticle&artid=227 > > > personally i use slackware, its fast and lightweight, love the package > system because its so basic and never gets in the way. no one here seems > to mention it much though. > > i compile pretty much everything from source these days so the gentoo > hype never really washed with me. > > -rob -- Simon Hansman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
