Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I'm up, at long last!

[Pandu Poluan]

On 2011-04-19, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
> Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> writes:
>
>> I think there's really only two ways to install Linux: you either go the
>> Ubuntu route, where everything's done for you and you accept somebody
>> else's defaults, or you go with Gentoo, where you do everything
>> yourself.  I think anything in the middle, like Debian, just leads to
>> confusion and uncertainty.  I don't know where Fedora and SuSE fit into
>> all this.
>
> Jumping into the asbestos drawers... the sterling things about Debian
> are that it is more oldschool than ubuntu and its good for when you
> get sick of compiling everything from scratch over and over.
>
> For some things, I don't care if I'm accepting someone elses' defaults.
>
> I've stuck with Gentoo for several yrs now for my main desktop and
> would be very unwilling to switch for that usage, however, I prefer
> Debian for virtual guests on windows.  It just installs right off,
> when you need a full linux OS in a bit of a hurry.
>

I still think Debian installed too many things I don't use. When I
need a Linux VM in a hurry, I'd go Arch. Some people worry about its
unsigned packages, but as long as I stick to well-known mirrors, I
should be okay.

The beauty of Arch is that its installation is very granular; I can
truly pick components I want to have, and leave out those I won't ever
use.

But if I *do* have the time, I'll always take the Gentoo-route :)

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