Comments on: Gentoo http://codelemur.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/gentoo/ Observations of a mid-level engineer in dot-com. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:34:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Should Gentoo Ditch the LiveCD? « Helpful Linux Tidbits http://codelemur.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/gentoo/#comment-294 Should Gentoo Ditch the LiveCD? « Helpful Linux Tidbits Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:15:56 +0000 http://codelemur.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/gentoo/#comment-294 [...] said, the concern just recently stated by some users [1] [2] who have new machines don’t have a valid Gentoo CD to use for installation. Sure, their are [...] [...] said, the concern just recently stated by some users [1] [2] who have new machines don’t have a valid Gentoo CD to use for installation. Sure, their are [...]

]]> By: codelemur http://codelemur.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/gentoo/#comment-293 codelemur Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:58:14 +0000 http://codelemur.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/gentoo/#comment-293 <i>brad Says: March 27, 2008 at 2:17 am e try Pclinuxos2007 or 2008minime and build your own system around it..</i> The thing that keeps me on Gentoo is portage. Understand, I don't try to use this on my Desktop - I'm a Mac guy on the desktop - so I don't really care about boot time as much as ease of maintenance. I was a Red Hat guy before coming to Gentoo a few years ago. I run Gentoo because Portage rocks so hard for system admin. I don't experience dependency hell and, if I don't want something installed or want specific options, I mask out what I don't need and USE what I do. Portage is so great. It's a shame that the rest of Gentoo is killing me. brad Says:
March 27, 2008 at 2:17 am e

try Pclinuxos2007 or 2008minime and build your own system around it..

The thing that keeps me on Gentoo is portage.

Understand, I don’t try to use this on my Desktop – I’m a Mac guy on the desktop – so I don’t really care about boot time as much as ease of maintenance.

I was a Red Hat guy before coming to Gentoo a few years ago. I run Gentoo because Portage rocks so hard for system admin. I don’t experience dependency hell and, if I don’t want something installed or want specific options, I mask out what I don’t need and USE what I do.

Portage is so great. It’s a shame that the rest of Gentoo is killing me.

]]> By: codelemur http://codelemur.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/gentoo/#comment-292 codelemur Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:54:51 +0000 http://codelemur.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/gentoo/#comment-292 <i>You can install Gentoo with any live cd, just use it to boot and get network connectivity and install Gentoo from the network. Easy as pie.</i> Of course I could use Knoppix or Ubuntu to do the install. But that's kind of beside the point - if I have to use one distro to install another, what reason do I have to continue to use Gentoo as opposed to something else that has a shorter and more active release cycle? You can install Gentoo with any live cd, just use it to boot and get network connectivity and install Gentoo from the network. Easy as pie.

Of course I could use Knoppix or Ubuntu to do the install. But that’s kind of beside the point – if I have to use one distro to install another, what reason do I have to continue to use Gentoo as opposed to something else that has a shorter and more active release cycle?

]]> By: brad http://codelemur.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/gentoo/#comment-291 brad Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:17:23 +0000 http://codelemur.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/gentoo/#comment-291 try Pclinuxos2007 or 2008minime and build your own system around it.. gentoo is dead as far as i'm concerned.. and who cares bout 3seconds off of boot time or one more fps, for the all the hassle of it.. hours of compiling time for simple apps, the egos when you ask for help in forums and in irc , might as well get a distro that just works, and read what others have done to tweak it up and do the same.. or there's always slackware, or arch, or even zenwalk, vector (if you dont like rpm) but in 3 years ive tried ,installed , configured and almost configured like 25 distros, and EVERY single time, Ive come back to PCLINUX perhaps you should try it, ya never know, you may like it.. try Pclinuxos2007 or 2008minime and build your own system around it..
gentoo is dead as far as i’m concerned.. and who cares bout 3seconds off of boot time or one more fps, for the all the hassle of it..
hours of compiling time for simple apps, the egos when you ask for help in forums and in irc , might as well get a distro that just works, and read what others have done to tweak it up and do the same..

or there’s always slackware, or arch, or even zenwalk, vector (if you dont like rpm)

but in 3 years ive tried ,installed , configured and almost configured like 25 distros, and EVERY single time, Ive come back to PCLINUX
perhaps you should try it, ya never know, you may like it..

]]> By: Eli http://codelemur.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/gentoo/#comment-290 Eli Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:01:37 +0000 http://codelemur.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/gentoo/#comment-290 You can install Gentoo with any live cd, just use it to boot and get network connectivity and install Gentoo from the network. Easy as pie. You can install Gentoo with any live cd, just use it to boot and get network connectivity and install Gentoo from the network. Easy as pie.

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