Re: [gentoo-dev] Why you use Gentoo

[Troy Curtis Jr]

On 9/7/06, Chris White <chriswhite@g.o> wrote:
> So, wondering why people use Gentoo.  Put [dev] or something if you're an
> actual gentoo dev and [user] if you're a user.  Doesn't need to be fancy, you
> can put "community" or something if that's all you want.  All responses off
> list please.  Thanks.
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[user]
I began with Mandrake which I used for a couple of years, but as
updates came my machine seemed to get slower and slower (even though
the hardware wasn't changing).  Then I read about the fact that most
distros (included Mandrake) still compiled just about everything for
i386, but that Yoper was different.

So I installed Yoper and I really loved how fast it made my system
feel.  But the elation faded very quickly as this small project had
very few software packages and I had a heck of a time getting sources
to compile (dependencies!).  So I begin to poke at Linux from Scratch,
but I knew that it would be a nightmare to maintain.

Eventually, I heard about Gentoo, and I haven't looked back (~1.5
years).  I even suffered (in time) through the install on my pII
300MHz machine so I could use if for a router.  I toyed with other
distros (in multi boot or VMWare sessions) and I just can't find
anything that comes close.

Also as many others have mentioned, the docs are great.  I routinely
use the gentoo docs to troubleshoot issues with our Red Hat boxes at
work.

So in summary:

* Optimization
* Control
* Documentation
* The bundled gcc screensaver ;-), as they say on tllts

Troy

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