To be honest I dont understand the fuss about Gentoo. I do understand the point about optimisation and that it is possible to get better results with Gentoo. However, Debian is very capable and offers the same functionality plus there is apt-build package which enables to build optimised packages for specific target machine. Moreover, Debian installer is simple and fast, enabling to install base system in 10-15 minutes maximum.
Anyway, I dont want to satrt flame and holy wars, I just want to point out that there is always a choice and there are other versions of Linux which are not less capable than Gentoo. Vitaly P.S. Btw, Gentoo is not certified for any type of commercial or any other serious software. Well, Debian is not certified as well :-). -----Original Message----- From: Ramon Casha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Malta Linux User Group - general list <mlug-list@linux.org.mt> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 03:05:12 +0200 Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Gentoo Installer > On Friday 12 August 2005 12:52, Iain Sims wrote: > > > > I suppose this is where Gentoo starts to become a bit like Debian - > it's > > great if you like the nuts and bolts. Perhaps shortly someone will > > develop a distribution based on Gentoo that is somewhat more user > > friendly, desktop targeted and comes with a full (working) GUI > installer. > > The thing is, it doesn't detract anything from Gentoo to have its > config files > updated more intelligently. When you have config files as long or > complex as > apache or postfix, it would be nice to have it examine the changes and > only > involve the user if the modified areas have themselves been altered. > > Ramon > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > MLUG-list@linux.org.mt > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
