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Measuring The Benefits Of The Gentoo Approach

Posted by timothy on from the not-necessarily-what-you'd-think dept.

An anonymous reader writes "We're constantly hearing how the source based nature of the Gentoo distro makes better use of your hardware, but no-one seems to have really tested it. What kind of gains are involved over distros which use binary packaging? The article is here."

2 of 467 comments (clear)

  1. Re:right now by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Using it. It rocks. Best Linux distribution yet.

    So are Debian, RedHat, SuSE and Slackware, according to Debian, RedHat, SuSE and Slackware users (respectively). I take it you're a Gentoo fan?

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  2. Ob. Translate-o-matic post by tempest303 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here you go, the obligatory Gentoo Zealot Translate-o-matic reference!

    Enjoy!

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