Re: [gentoo-user] can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

[Dale]

LinuxIsOne wrote:
> Why I asked to just know if Gentoo is better or openSUSE is better for
> a novice who want to learn Linux, just coming directly from
> Windows...that's why...However, I have liked the Ubuntu (since it is
> easy and nice) but don't know about all Linux in general....is Gentoo
> is also using the same Linux which Ubuntu is using? Cheers.

"Better" depends on what you expect.  If you want to learn about Linux, 
Gentoo will teach you a lot.  Heck, you will learn a lot by the time you 
get it installed and get to your first boot prompt.  I get the 
impression that you don't realize how in depth Gentoo is.  Gentoo can be 
installed by a Linux newcomer but it will not be a walk in the park.  I 
used Mandrake for 6 months or so and it took me about 3 tries to get to 
a point where Gentoo would boot up.  It took a while more to get 
everything working still.  I had to redo my kernel several times.

The point I am making is, it is not how different Gentoo is from other 
distros, it's whether it is something you need and want to put the time 
in to learn.  Gentoo doesn't have a GUI installer and you do have to 
compile everything you install.  I recently installed Kubuntu for my 
Brother.  It is a walk in the park compared to installing Gentoo.  Did I 
learn anything about Linux, not hardly.  I don't think Kubuntu is made 
to teach a lot about Linux.  It's just made to install easily and 
quickly without much fuss.

I do hope you will try Gentoo tho.  It is sort of addicting at times.  lol

Dale

:-)  :-)

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