On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Ritesh Sinha <sinha.k.rit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2010/4/26 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.ar...@gmail.com>: > > I again exceded the post size limit, sometimes it goes unnoticed... > > > > Sorry for not trimming again :) > > You should try using plain text email, cuts down on size.
Good suggestion, infact very secure way of mailing. :P > > > > > >> > >> It is good to hear that you have had experiences with both the operating > >> systems, > >> A question to ask... > >> > >> Can you enlighten me regarding package management about both Arch and > >> Gentoo? > > Arch uses pacman, it downloads binary packages and installs them. You > also have a tool called yaourt which can install from user configured > repos (sort of like an ubuntu ppa but less secure). It can be made to > run faster using powerpill which uses a download manager to download > in parts from many mirrors. You should go through the wiki, it is very > informative. On the back foot > > Gentoo uses emerge which is a very powerful frontend to portage which > is based on FreeBSD's ports system. It usually downloads source and > compiles them during the install, using user specified optimizations > in /etc/make.conf (this is the main flexibility offered). In make.conf > you can specify stuff like architecture and processor specific options > so that it's built precisely for your system. > There are also mirrors that allow for binary downloads of large > applications (like KDE, openoffice etc). They offer a GUI installer > these days but I haven't tried it out. The command line way of doing > it is fun, takes a weekend and there's lots to learn. Sure I like it... Also I would like to try FreeBSD But it might take me some time. > > Quite popular joke: > > <@insomnia> it only takes three commands to install Gentoo > <@insomnia> cfdisk /dev/hda && mkfs.xfs /dev/hda1 && mount /dev/hda1 > /mnt/gentoo/ && chroot /mnt/gentoo/ && env-update && . /etc/profile && > emerge sync && cd /usr/portage && scripts/bootsrap.sh && emerge system > && emerge vim && vi /etc/fstab && emerge gentoo-dev-sources && cd > /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig && make install modules_install && > emerge gnome mozilla-firefox openoffice && emerge grub && cp > /boot/grub/grub.conf.sample /boot/grub/grub.conf && vi > /boot/grub/grub.conf && grub && init 6 > <@insomnia> that's the first one > ROFL > > Of course, I suppose it's easier now :) > > > > > -- > Sent using the magic of the interwebs. > http://ritesh.posterous.com > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
