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or, you stick with Gentoo, and just start using Project Chinstrap, which downloads binaries of the most popular packages in the distribution.

nice troll, though.

not to pimp out gentoo any more, but people need to realize that VidaLinux is essentially Redhat's Anaconda installer for Gentoo. 45 minutes or so, you're up with a GNOME 2.8 desktop, and you can simply emerge sync and update what you need.

or, go to Project Chinstrap and download binaries for most of the current portage packages. saves a lot of time during installs.

like I said, I don't wanna sound like a billboard, but it saves a metric buttload of time to install this way.

if you're wanting an OS to play games, I'd say try Gentoo, and maybe check out Ubuntu as well.

I'm a Gentoo guy, but I totally understand why people wouldn't want to go through the long install process. This is why VidaLinux exists. VidaLinux is essentially a precompiled Gentoo (with Gnome 2.8, etc), installed with Redhat's Anaconda Installer. works amazingly well Full working Gentoo distribution up and running in under an hour.

don't want to compile future packages? that's allright. just check out Project Chinstrap, which has precompiled packages for Gentoo. Easy as pie.

Ubuntu has its share of issues, but overall, it's a top-notch choice as well. both should work amazingly well for games.

That is, a collection of packages that work together thematically. For example; a simple productivity module which includes mozilla firefox, evolution, and openoffice. Or a multimedia module which includes xmms, mplayer, and a smattering of DVD players. Or a server module, which includes apache, samba, et al.

I mentioned in another thread that Gentoo supports this (and that I didn't know if Debian did or didn't) The Gnome and KDE packages for Gentoo ("emerge gnome" or "emerge kde") are actually "meta-packages" that grab all the core packages for Gnome or KDE and installs them. Throw together some binary packages to go along with this and you've got your components.

I've thought about doing something like this myself. For example, I have a laptop that needs a few laptop-specific tools, and certain configuration files that won't change anytime soon (built-in wifi configuration, for example). So I would put together an ebuild ("emerge thinkpad_r31" or something) that installed all the packages I would want on there. Then if I needed to rebuild my system, one command would grab all the packages I want.

I think as more projects like Project Chinstrap show up, Gentoo's package management will really start to shine.

Do you know of any Gentoo precompiled binaries repositories?

Chinstrap is a project to have a baseline of binaries for gentoo available. I've seen it mentioned in the Gentoo forums, but haven't used it myself.

I think you need to see if people prefer beautiful chickens before you can jump to that conclusion.