Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:21:48
Message-Id: 200906141714.12497.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in by AG
1 On Sunday 14 June 2009 15:24:24 AG wrote:
2 > What you will do is spend an insane amount of time trying to figure out
3 > what a certain USE flag actually does an if you want it. Debian doesn't
4 > give you that choice.
5 >
6 >
7 > Is this an example of that infinite adaptability of Gentoo as a
8 > metadistro?
9
10 Yes. In fact, this is Gentoo's major strength - the ability to have a
11 customized installation that does exactly what you want with no additional
12 junk, an do it in an automated sane fashion that can be maintained.
13
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15 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com