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Gentoo Linux Reloaded

Posted by michael on from the peer-pressure dept.

nitro322 writes "Daniel Robbins, the leading developer for Gentoo Linux, has written an excellent O'Reilly Network article covering many of the various features of Gentoo, what's coming in version 1.4 (due out SOON), and why you should give it a try. If you haven't tried Gentoo yet, what are you waiting for?"

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  1. All these weird names by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's next, a Cunni Lingux distribution?

    1. Re:All these weird names by Subcarrier · · Score: 3, Funny

      What's next, a Cunni Lingux distribution?

      Cunning Linux users prefer Debian or SUSE.

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      "I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them." -- George H. W. Bush
    2. Re:All these weird names by mickwd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, but no-one would by a Linux distribution if it kept going down.

  2. As with... by ekrout · · Score: 5, Funny

    As with most groundbreaking papers in academia, Robbins' piece starts off with "Hi there."

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    If you celebrate Xmas, befriend me (538
  3. What am I waiting for? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you haven't tried Gentoo yet, what are you waiting for?

    I'm waiting for it to finish compiling!

  4. Re:What am I waiting for? by Wildcat+J · · Score: 3, Funny
    I agree, but in the spirit of /. pedantry, I think you mean something like spartan (2b), not draconian. We usually reserve the use of draconian for talking about Microsoft's licensing or DRM proposals ;)

    -J

  5. Re:Is Gentoo the new Slackware by NicolaiBSD · · Score: 2, Funny

    they thought they were 7337

    Is that the new Boeing?

    Oooh, you mean 1337.

  6. Re:What am I waiting for? by Spazholio · · Score: 3, Funny

    I KNEW something seemed off when I wrote it. But, in true /. fashion, I wrote it anyway, knowing someone else would correct me. =)

  7. Re:Great... now fix the documentation by drobbins · · Score: 5, Funny

    Um, we've always had ReiserFS. You forgot to enable "experimental features" in your kernel config... and, um, this was actually covered in the documentation :)

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    Daniel Robbins
  8. Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "If you haven't tried Gentoo yet, what are you waiting for?"

    Err, the building process.

  9. Re:some helpful links by teslatug · · Score: 5, Funny

    What kind of sliced bread do you buy? I thought the whole point of sliced bread was to make the process as simple as possible. If Gentoo was similar to sliced bread, then sliced bread would mean, selecting the type of flour to use in the bread, using a breadmaker for a while, and then slicing it yourself.

    I've never tried Gentoo, but I sure do love the convenience of sliced bread.

  10. Re:Waiting for a floppy install by MyHair · · Score: 5, Funny

    i installed using a GRUB boot floppy to netboot a kernel

    Oh yeah? Well I hand-weaved a linux 1.2 kernel using only the lint caught in the fan guard and installed from that.

    Seriously, GRUB netbooting is cool and I want to try it. Do you TFTP an initrd, too, or do you just grab the kernel and magically make it work?