Re: [plug] Gentoo vs. Slackware

2006-11-06 Thread Cocoy
hello, the guys who have posted before me have answered your questions... just wanted to add that gentoo was influenced by BSD at the very beginning so it does borrow from its strengths. gentoo is a pretty good distro. On 11/6/06, Andy Sy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All,-- Arrakis teaches the att

Re: [plug] Gentoo vs. Slackware

2006-11-05 Thread Rafael Sevilla
On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 03:45:54 +0800 Andy Sy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * One concern of mine is that if I go Gentoo, how much of > the educational value of managing my own dependencies will > I lose? > Gentoo handles dependencies very well for the most part, the only problem is that upgradin

Re: [plug] Gentoo vs. Slackware

2006-11-05 Thread Zak B. Elep
On 11/6/06, Andy Sy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've found it's actually pretty easy to determine what Slackware packages are missing by looking at the 'libXXX.so not found' error messages generated by an app and find it a painless and fun way to learn about the innards of a Linux distro. Anothe

Re: [plug] Gentoo vs. Slackware

2006-11-05 Thread Mhac Janapin
Hi Andy,I'm a longtime Slackware user and now that I've *finally*got broadband, I all of a sudden realized that it is now quite feasible to try out Gentoo (something I've alwayswanted to do).This is indeed a noble thingĀ  to try out other distros to broaden your horizon. Are there any former Slackwa

[plug] Gentoo vs. Slackware

2006-11-05 Thread Andy Sy
Hi All, I'm a longtime Slackware user and now that I've *finally* got broadband, I all of a sudden realized that it is now quite feasible to try out Gentoo (something I've always wanted to do). Are there any former Slackware users here who have gone Gentoo (or vice versa) and do you have any comm