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I think the actual idea of what Gentoo does is much larger than people tend to realize it. When Linux first came out, it was a hacker's choice and has now expanded into something much greater than Linus himself I think had ever anticipated. |
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Now, when this whole idea of "distributions" came to play, I think the general goals of Linux became slightly distorted. In my opinion, the goal of Linux distributions is to get people to move to Linux. |
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Now, each distribution does this differently. I think Gentoo mainly comes down to customization (note, NOT SPEED). In a sense, this is why we are able to work so well with the embedded ports, because we can trim things down with that level of customization. Knoppix does it through a ready made CD that users can see what linux looks like. Fedora does it through a binary package system and automated hardware detection. Debian does it through a binary packaging system as well as a somewhat well monitored release system. All in all, everyone's got their own means to meet the same goal, getting people to move to Linux. |
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In the end I think that's why it's sometimes frustrating when I see x sucks and y sucks, just to say they suck. Now, saying "I think you should choose x over y because z and z best meets your goals" is something far better. |
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So to sum it up, it's not really (for me maybe) about enterprise v. hobbyist, it's about moving ANYONE over to Linux, period. |
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