The current crop of security updates is always mentioned in some detail in the Gentoo Weekly News. http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml Ususally as either the first or second art.
The set of install CDs has been updated so there isn't as much compiling to do to update as there used to be in the past. ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/gentoo/releases http://linux.citylink.co.nz/gentoo/releases The former is particularly useful if you are an ADSL user. On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:59, you wrote: > gentoo GRP will get you up and running very fast. > > however, like most distros it is out of date already, do an emerge rsync > && emerge -up world and you'll get a sizeable list (don't worry you will > for other distro's updates too.) > > then again you don't NEED to update just because a new ebuild is out.[1] > > debian does have lovely updating, but in stable the packages are > somewhat older. I have never had much luck with unstable/testing, but > your mileage will vary. > > On my laptop i first installed debian via knoppix, but i soon tired of > it and went for gentoo. its much happier now. in particular the knoppix > bombed on updating because of its peculiar mixture of > stable/unstable/testing and third party (ie non official debian) apt > sources. > > then again i'm a gentoo bigot ;-) > > [1] of course you will want security updates, and in gentoo they are not > as easy to identify and sort form general updates as in debian. > > > On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:10:56 +1300 > > Brad Beveridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, after a little under 4 months my Toshiba Laptop's hard disk has > > died in a fit of squealing agony. Luckily I managed to save my photos. > > Anyhow, when I get a new disk I'll be putting linux on it, and thought I > > might branch out to try other distros. > > Originally I was a Mandrake (8.?) user, then for the last 8 months or > > more a Gentoo user. I love my Gentoo, but re-installing and downloading > > scares me :) > > Is there any distro out there that I can play with that has the power of > > Gentoo's "emerge" without the hassle of so many downloads & compiling. > > The only one I can think of is Debian. Maybe I should just get the > > Gentoo 1.4 GRP? > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Brad -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
