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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:09:11
Message-Id: 42FFA5AF.3070904@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives? by Paul Hoy
1 Paul Hoy wrote:
2 > Hi all,
3 >
4 > This email isn't intended to troll, but to explore Linux variants that
5 > share certain characteristics.
6 >
7 > I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good job
8 > at supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other releases, such as
9 > Fedora, in terms of when it releases updates, etc.
10 >
11 > Linux from Scratch looks very interesting: it appears to rapidly support
12 > the latest updates and it has decent documentation. Does any one have
13 > any perspectives on Linux from Scratch, from a Gentoo point-of-view?
14 > Does anyone wish to share a comparison of the two?
15 >
16 > Thanks all,
17 > Paul
18
19 Hi Paul,
20
21 Are we really far behind? That's difficult to believe. For what packages specifically? Do you know how to unmask unstable packages (marked M or M~ at packages.gentoo.org)?
22
23 Zac
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives? Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz>
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives? Paul Hoy <paul.hoy@×××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives? Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk>