-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Josh Close > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:14 PM > To: 'TCLUG Mailing List' > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] The Last Gentoo Try > > Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > >In other words, it's the slowest most unstable distro you've > ever used, > >as for being easy to maintain, apt-get update && apt-get > upgrade on any > >.deb or .rpm based distro. > > Gentoo only releases the stable verions of everything. You > can get all the unstable versions of everything if you like > though. So it's very stable. It's hard to deny though that (at least during installation) it's much easier to have stability issues in Gentoo than in binary distros. > Try and do a search for gentoo benchmarks and I think you'll > find that gentoo out performs most other distros. > > The only slow part about gentoo is installation, 'cause > everything is done by compiling the source. It's all done > with an "emerge" function that downloads the source and > compiles it to the specifications you have set in a USE var. > > I'm sorry, but apt-get isn't the answer all. You have to > install the program, then program-devel, then program-snmp, > then program-mysql, then program-whatever. It's annoying. I've only just started using Debian through a Knoppix installation to a hard-disk, but apt-get seems fairly nice to work with, almost on-par with portage, the only issue being the same you've mentioned, that it doesn’t always grab pre-reqs. It does seem to get them sometimes though. As much as I love Gentoo and almost rolling my own, (haven't ventured to LFS yet) apt-get is a nice change. At the least, simpler than ports in OpenBSD. Of course, I'm not very experienced yet with apt or ports. > It's all a matter of opinion though. How mad would you be if > I told you I'm writing this from Win2k Pro, with MS Outlook, > sent from MS Exchange? The only way to fly! (/me slits wrist) > Everything has it's advantages. At least I get to use OpenBSD and Linux at work, just not for email/file server stuff. On this note, perhaps fork this to another thread if you can speak to this inquiry: Has anyone used any of the Linux Netware clients recently? Do you know offhand what is or is not compatible? I'll search for in-depth info. later, too busy procrastinating right now. > -Josh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.3 iQA/AwUBQC0QANRLIBm9yjm3EQIUcACgr4IXp3JOdzcvh26jP16+Zqo12akAoMzP MFxHJNgEAJTSGjhn6cfwd0oe =0DjP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list