Hey all, I'm making some plans, and one of the things I was going to do was to build a home server running Gentoo so I could have the basic setup, and nothing else. And while I've always enjoyed Gentoo, one of the things I have to admit that I don't like is the build time. Binary installs can be setup in under 45 minutes, where as it's likely a few hours, and maybe more for a source distribution.
So, while I love Gentoo, I hear a lot of people talking about how they love Mint, and that Mint has the same flexibility as Gentoo, but is easier to install/configure/update. If that's the case I may have to give serious consideration to moving over to Mint. But I'd really like to find out a bit more first. As I have said before, I have used Gentoo on many occasions, and never had any real problems with it as long as I set my USE flags and my ACCEPT_KEYWORDS flags properly, and don't try to combine everything onto one command line. But if Mint has the same flexibility for less configuration time, I'd be curious. So, I ask those who may have had experience with both to rate your experience on each. How was the initial setup? Maintenance of config files? Updates? Package/program availability (especially in pre-compiled binary)? Granularity? Thanks, all! --- Dan /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
