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mithrilhall
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I've heard it's good but that's about it.
jrjuiliano
MIS
It's VERY good. If you want to learn how to make the system work by your own hands this is a distro to check out.
Some points.
1. you have to compile a lot of stuff from source, which takes a long time. This isn't so bad aside from the time it takes to go through it.
2. Best is if you have at least a cable/dsl modem. Dial up modems take an eternity.
3. If you have a Pentium processor you can use the stage 3 installation, which has a lot of pre-compiled options to make things go faster. If you have an AMD processor you need the stage 1 installation, which is very time consuming.
4. You have to deal with Portage, which is a pretty good system for installation and removal and update of packages.
5. Check out comments by doing a search for Gentoo on Check out the home page at and finally get an idea of what you need by checking out the forums at forums.gentoo.org.
J.R. Juiliano
Information Systems Specialist
Tri-City Emergency Medical Group
Some points.
1. you have to compile a lot of stuff from source, which takes a long time. This isn't so bad aside from the time it takes to go through it.
2. Best is if you have at least a cable/dsl modem. Dial up modems take an eternity.
3. If you have a Pentium processor you can use the stage 3 installation, which has a lot of pre-compiled options to make things go faster. If you have an AMD processor you need the stage 1 installation, which is very time consuming.
4. You have to deal with Portage, which is a pretty good system for installation and removal and update of packages.
5. Check out comments by doing a search for Gentoo on Check out the home page at and finally get an idea of what you need by checking out the forums at forums.gentoo.org.
J.R. Juiliano
Information Systems Specialist
Tri-City Emergency Medical Group
mithrilhall
Programmer
What exactly are you looking for in a distro of linux?
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>What exactly are you looking for in a distro of linux?
I run either debian (server) or RedHat (Desktop), for a server box, i look for most of the usual stuff - functionality + stability etc, for a desktop i'm currently using the Ximian suite, since this provides a nice GUI for demonstrations.
I've been doing a few office migrations, and find that while most people (at least those who have heard of linux) consider it to be a server-only os, so having a nice dektop suite is allways a major selling point.
it sounds as if Gentoo is fairly high maintinence, but in the spirit of an open mind, i'm already about halfway through downlaoading the ISOs
--in any case, its got to be better than this horrible mandrake install i "accentally" put on my box last week
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I run either debian (server) or RedHat (Desktop), for a server box, i look for most of the usual stuff - functionality + stability etc, for a desktop i'm currently using the Ximian suite, since this provides a nice GUI for demonstrations.
I've been doing a few office migrations, and find that while most people (at least those who have heard of linux) consider it to be a server-only os, so having a nice dektop suite is allways a major selling point.
it sounds as if Gentoo is fairly high maintinence, but in the spirit of an open mind, i'm already about halfway through downlaoading the ISOs
--in any case, its got to be better than this horrible mandrake install i "accentally" put on my box last week
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