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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. What am I waiting for ? by FauxPasIII · · Score: 1, Redundant

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

    emerge system, that's what.

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  2. Re:As with... by Jennifer+Ever · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hehe.

  3. Re:Why not? by ncc74656 · · Score: 2, Redundant
    K6-350...

    It will take HOW long to download, and compile? yeah right..

    I built a minimal Gentoo system on a P5MMMX-233 for use as a firewall. I started it before going home, and it was mostly done by the next morning. It does take a while, but it's doable as long as you don't plan on trying to run KDE (for instance) on it.

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  4. What am I waiting for? by Apostata · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Quote: ...so what are you waiting for?

    That's precisely why I'm not going to use it: waiting. Waiting 8 hours for the bloody thing to compile KDE, because it "seems" to run faster...no thanks.

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