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Philip Webb wrote: |
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>060101 Chris White wrote: |
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>>On Saturday 31 December 2005 22:35, C. Beamer wrote: |
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>>>Fedora: 3.45 |
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>>>*Gentoo: 3.75* |
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>>>Mandriva: 3.70 |
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>>>Suse: 3.40 |
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>>>Ubuntu: 3.90 |
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>>Word of advice, things like this are generally flawed. |
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>Quite true, but I believe CB's point was simply |
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>that Gentoo is up there with the other well-known distros for usability. |
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Exactly! :-) This rating was derived from the author's personal |
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experience. Personally, I think that Gentoo is the best from my |
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experience. It does have a bit of a learning curve (but because of the |
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things I've learned, I appreciated that learning curve), but I figure if |
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you give it a chance and can live with the long builds, it's rating is |
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well deserved. |
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>>The best distro for your needs is the one |
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>>that best suits what you expect your system to do. |
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>Again, people out there should know that Gentoo may well be that distro. |
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>Gentoo is not difficult, but requires on-going attention & input from users: |
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>in return, you get a system which you can tune to do just what you want. |
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>My own recent experience trying to update the OS in my back-up machine was |
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>that Mandriva 2006 wouldn't install, Kubuntu could not be configured, |
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>as it refused to recognise the password (it uses the same for user & root), |
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>while Suse required downloading & writing 5 ISO's; |
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>Ubuntu, of course, is only for those who are willing to use Gnome. |
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>Finally, I got Mandriva 2005 installed & working well enough, |
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>but only with a lot of time & effort (the machine too slow for Gentoo). |
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>OTOH I've been using Gentoo in my main box without problems since 031005 |
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>& have a fully upto-date environment which does just what I want it to do. |
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>Gentoo is probably suitable for a lot more users than realise it. |
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I couldn't have said this better myself! :-) |
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As I said in my original post, I've used all these distros with the |
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exception of Suse. I have the most experience with Redhat and Fedora |
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and *personal opinion*, I would use Gentoo over any of them. |
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Sure, all distros have their good points and bad and it all comes down |
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to what works best for the person using it (as Chris pointed out). I |
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didn't intend that this should be a "written in blood" evaluation. I |
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just wanted to point out that a technical writer rated it well within a |
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group of well known distros when this would surprise a lot of people |
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(not necessarily Gentooists) and I thought you guys might find it |
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interesting. |
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And surely you guys must agree the the "Documentation" rating (this was |
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a 5 for Gentoo, and the highest) is right on! Even an idiot like me can |
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follow this documentation and produce a favourable end result. |
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Happy New Year! :-) |
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Colleen |
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