On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 10:24, Kevin Williams wrote: > I'm still a newbie at this...but doesn't GENTOO do this? I've JUST > finished installing it, and it has the whole portage emerge thing. A > list of all emerge applications available (with meta information) is > stored on your computer, and can be installed/updated/removed with a > simple call.
Virtually everything that enjoys widespread use is available and well-maintained in Gentoo... but Gentoo does not attempt to make "everything" available. Adding something to portage is a non-trivial process, so much of *is* there is the cream of the crop, so to speak. As such, Gentoo is almost the exact *opposite* of a 100-CD distro. Part of its power comes from its implicit endorsement of well-known software, where "well-known" is defined liberally but meaningfully. Dylan _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
