On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 21:05:05 -0800 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I'm always trying new stuff, and Gentoo looks interesting. Any > opinions here? >
Just to be sure that you are referring to the gentoo linux distribution? The gentoo folks also have a file manager named gentoo. If its the linux distro you want, see my signature below and check the archives for my occasional diatribes and rants in favor of gentoo, including a couple of weeks back. To recap, gentoo linux (at present) is an install-from-sources distro (similar to but much more sophisticated than Linux From Scratch). The distro is maintained with portage (an advanced source package maintainer tool similar to the ports system on FreeBSD). Gentoo also differs from your plain vanilla linux distro in the matter of init scripts which are also similar to the system employed in FreeBSD. Documentation and installation are much improved these days, and the gentoo folks are working towards a Version 1.0 release date of March 31. At present, you can choose from ext2, ext3, and Reiserfs for your filesystems. I would recommend waiting for the Version 1.0, unless you just can't wait, in which case by all means, go for it now. You'll like what you get. N.B. Depending on the speed of your PC, you're looking at a 2 day to 1 week install period to get everything compiled. It took me about 3 days, and I have full gnome, kde, etc. You will be happiest if you have a high speed internet connection, since all sources are downloaded on the fly from the authoratative ftp site for each. In the future, gentoo will probably offer CD sets and binary distributions, but that's still in the future. Go to www.gentoo.org. Enjoy, -- Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? Gentoo_rc6-15 2.4.17 - xfce + sylpheed + mozilla _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
