[uug] Debian or Gentoo?

[Mark Gulbrandsen]

Not to start a flame war or anything (seriously)....but....

Is debian better than gentoo? Is gentoo better than debian? Why or why
not? I haven't used debian much, but I can't ever go back to red hat or
mandrake or suse after having used gentoo. Portage makes life so much
easier. But I've heard people rave about apt-get.

So, what does everyone think? Why one over the other?

Does apt-get compile from source with custom arch settings?

Are there a billion apps available with apt-get like with emerge
(strictly speaking, portage)?

How about release cycles? Gentoo always seems to keep up with the latest
and greatest userland apps.

Also, gentoo has every package configured very nicely and in context of
their system layout. How about debian?

Thanks,

Mark


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