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On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> As long as we're talking about *you*, and not about someone you're |
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> setting things up for, here's what I'd suggest: |
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> 1) Keep your existing Ubuntu setup operational, at least for a while. |
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> Gentoo isn't something you should dive into unless you have a |
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> fallback, at least until you learn enough to be able to fix the things |
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> you'll encounter. |
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> 2) Set up Gentoo as a second machine; it really is a great way to |
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> learn how a lot of the moving parts in Linux work. |
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> Once you've got Gentoo doing everything you want it to do, and you've |
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> burned yourself a couple times, you'll be in a good position to make a |
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> decision for yourself. I've actually bounced back and forth between |
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> Ubuntu and Gentoo twice in the last three or four years, but I think |
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> I'm finally ready to go steady with Gentoo. :) |
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> Ubuntu is great for "it just works." Ubuntu isn't so great for "it |
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> just keeps working." Neither is Gentoo, for that matter, but, at least |
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> with Gentoo, you'll know how to fix it. |
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Ah, thanks for the nice suggestions, I would keep a note of it. I |
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would install in one old machine, I mean I would try to install Gentoo |
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after going through the docs..(of course, required in Gentoo). But one |
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more request can you also suggest about openSUSE? Is openSUSE lies in |
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the middle between Ubuntu and Gentoo? |
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