Thanks Ebo.. Dave
On 3/2/2014 7:10 PM, EBo wrote: > Sławek should be able to extol on the strengths of Gentoo better than > I, but I will give it a shot... > > One of Gentoo's strengths is the use of the explicit dependency graphs > defined in the ebuilds. This allows you to check daily if there are any > updates on your system, and to easily update the entire system. Portage > also give you very fine control to lock out specific versions or > overload their build flags without having to resort to figuring out all > the command line arguments for config, make, etc. > > My personal experience is that Gentoo is a pain to do the initial > setup, but after that it is breze to maintain. The machine I am working > on at the moment is 7 years old, and running of the same basic config > that I have updated and maintained daily. I should also mention that it > is not required, but it is nice when the system tells you that there is > a new/updated version of the kernel, LCNC, or even more insidious a ssh > upgrade due to some security patch. > > Basically, it comes down to the fine level of control, repeatability, > and reportability that the tools allow. I will have to think a bit to > see what might be the advantage over Debian or Ubuntu. One interesting > point someone pointed me to was that Google's Chrome OS ditched their > Ubuntu based distro and rebased it on Gentoo. Not sure what motivated > that, but I would guess that it was the ability to control every single > package build on the fly. > > EBo -- > > On Mar 2 2014 9:37 AM, Dave Cole wrote: >> Hi EBo, >> >> I'm ignorant when it comes to Gentoo. >> >> What would/could Gentoo bring to the table that is lacking in a >> Ubuntu >> or a Debian based system? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dave >> >> On 3/2/2014 10:19 AM, EBo wrote: >>> Sławek and I have started a project over on SourceForge called >>> GentooCNC. We are still in the planning stages, but I thought I >>> would >>> invite the other Gentoo users out there to join in the fun. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> EBo -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion & Make the Move to Perforce. > With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually works. > Faster operations. Version large binaries. Built-in WAN optimization and the > freedom to use Git, Perforce or both. Make the move to Perforce. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=122218951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion & Make the Move to Perforce. With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually works. Faster operations. Version large binaries. Built-in WAN optimization and the freedom to use Git, Perforce or both. Make the move to Perforce. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=122218951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
