Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo is the best linux distro

[Dale]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2012-09-12, Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org> wrote:
>
>> It takes some more time though to maintain it, compared to the other
>> distros.
> My experience is the opposite.  Before Gentoo, I used mainly RPM-based
> distros (first RedHat, then later Mandrake).
>
> I find Gentoo requires much less maintenance effort than RH or
> Mandrake did.  RH and Mandrake were fine right after install, but they
> gradually deteriorate over time. Eventually you get to the point where
> everytime you need to install or update something you end up in RPM
> dependancy hell: package A requires one version of a library but
> package B requires a different version.  You then spend _days_ trying
> to find a compatible combination of applicaation and library RPMs.
> This continues to get worse and worse over time, until...
>
> ... there's a major version upgrade.  Upgrading between major versions
> always failed miserably, so you end up having to do a reinstall from
> scratch every couple years.
>
> None of that is a problem with Gentoo.  Occasionally, an upgrade
> requires some tweaking of keywords or use-flags, but it's nothing like
> the RPM dependancy hell and major-upgrade fiascos I had to put up with
> from other distros.

+1.  Should be +10 or so but you get the idea.  I left Mandriva because
of this issue and the init thingy that always gave me fits.  Gentoo may
take a bit longer to install something but it works like it should when
it is done.  Emerge is really good at sorting out the dependencies for
the past couple years or more too.  Things that used to be a hair puller
are now done with magic.  Zac has some good magic skills.  I hope he
read that.  lol

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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