| 1 |
060101 Chris White wrote: |
| 2 |
> On Saturday 31 December 2005 22:35, C. Beamer wrote: |
| 3 |
>> Fedora: 3.45 |
| 4 |
>> *Gentoo: 3.75* |
| 5 |
>> Mandriva: 3.70 |
| 6 |
>> Suse: 3.40 |
| 7 |
>> Ubuntu: 3.90 |
| 8 |
> Word of advice, things like this are generally flawed. |
| 9 |
|
| 10 |
Quite true, but I believe CB's point was simply |
| 11 |
that Gentoo is up there with the other well-known distros for usability. |
| 12 |
|
| 13 |
> The best distro for your needs is the one |
| 14 |
> that best suits what you expect your system to do. |
| 15 |
|
| 16 |
Again, people out there should know that Gentoo may well be that distro. |
| 17 |
Gentoo is not difficult, but requires on-going attention & input from users: |
| 18 |
in return, you get a system which you can tune to do just what you want. |
| 19 |
|
| 20 |
My own recent experience trying to update the OS in my back-up machine was |
| 21 |
that Mandriva 2006 wouldn't install, Kubuntu could not be configured, |
| 22 |
as it refused to recognise the password (it uses the same for user & root), |
| 23 |
while Suse required downloading & writing 5 ISO's; |
| 24 |
Ubuntu, of course, is only for those who are willing to use Gnome. |
| 25 |
Finally, I got Mandriva 2005 installed & working well enough, |
| 26 |
but only with a lot of time & effort (the machine too slow for Gentoo). |
| 27 |
|
| 28 |
OTOH I've been using Gentoo in my main box without problems since 031005 |
| 29 |
& have a fully upto-date environment which does just what I want it to do. |
| 30 |
|
| 31 |
Gentoo is probably suitable for a lot more users than realise it. |
| 32 |
|
| 33 |
-- |
| 34 |
========================,,============================================ |
| 35 |
SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : purslow@××××××××××××××.ca |
| 36 |
ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies |
| 37 |
TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto |
| 38 |
-- |
| 39 |
gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
Archives