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> I concur, gentoo IMO provides more to the OSS with the ability to |
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> compile the whole system wit h debug options, yet with a splitdebug |
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> feature to prevent the usefulness of full stack traces all the way to |
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> glibc degrading run time performance :) |
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> Also, documentation in gentoo and amongst her users are unparalleled. |
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> Often when you just google for a generic problem somebody is having |
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> with an app or with their distro in linux in general, more often than |
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> not the solution or howto will be found in gentoo-wiki.com or the |
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> gentoo forums. |
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> Debian users are too elitist, most of them will just tell you to RTFM. |
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> Gentoo's IRC help room is devoid of such sectarian elitisim. :) |
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> Power to the people, freedom for the user. |
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> Kent |
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Also, on top of that, USE flags. debian + app which does graphical |
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stuff but not necessarily uses an actual X still requires you to pull |
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in all the X libraries. no way around it. |
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Kent |
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