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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Genuine analysis of Gentoo machines admined by someone who knows how to do it |
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> should that the machine can easily have only the features and software on it |
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> that the admin say it should have. Like LDAP - not everyone needs it. On a |
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> binary distro, if the maintainer supports it you usually get it too whether |
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> you like it or not. With Gentoo, USE is your friend. And this is gentoo's |
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> greatest strength - the ability to build something much closer to what you |
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> really want than is possible with a binary distro. |
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I can say this when comparing this rig running Mandrake and Gentoo. |
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Gentoo boots a LOT faster, apps open faster and there are fewer programs |
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installed. This can save on disk space if distfiles are cleaned out. I |
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don't clean mine but a person on broadband could or just share over a |
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network. Mandrake is just plain slow as syrup at the north pole. I may |
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have to test this theory one day. Actually do some measurements. only |
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thing is, Mandriva would have older packages in some cases since Gentoo |
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updates more often. |
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For me, Gentoo is just as customizable as Linus from Scratch but with a |
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nice package manager. That's how a describe Gentoo to someone who is at |
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least part geek or a full blooded nerd. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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