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Gentoo 2004.2 Released

Posted by michael on from the gentlemen,-start-your-compilers dept.

brghntr writes "The gentoo guys (and girls) have released 2004.2 for the x86, AMD64, HPPA, and SPARC. You can read the information page here or go straight to the mirrors."

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  1. Actually, Gentoo releases don't really matter.. by leathered · · Score: 5, Informative

    If your regularly do an emerge -uD world then your system is pretty much up to date.

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  2. actually by ZOMG+REI! · · Score: 5, Informative

    now you can get most of the software in binary form too (using emerge).

    Not that it matters, gentoo bashers will say anything to sound smart.

  3. Does it really matter? You always get latest! by xiando · · Score: 5, Informative

    The strenght of Gentoo Linux is that it does not really matter what version you are using. emerge sync and emerge -u world, wait a while and there: you are running the latest version. The install has not changed much, so this actually means nothing to us Gentoo users. You get the latest version whatever Live CD you use to install, only the pre-buildt GRP packages are different on new releases.

    This is why you should try Gentoo today, it is excellent for both servers and desktops. Desktop users can choose to use the latest ("masked"), bleeding edge versions, while older stable packages should be preferred for production environments.

    The Gentoo Portage tree has more packages in it's database than any other Linux distribution. The freedom to choose.

    There is also a sweet front-end for Gentoo's portage called porthole. It allows you to search through the package database from a GUI GTK interface. You can browse the portage database online to find out how much software is available without installing Gentoo.

    ..try Gentoo today! It's excellent.

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  4. Re:It does matter... by Dreadlord · · Score: 5, Informative

    To upgrade from XFree86 to X.org:

    # emerge -C xfree
    # ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge xorg-x11

    XFree86 blocks X.org, not sure if x.org is still masked or not.

    So there is no need to reinstall Gentoo.

    And XFree86 is the default in 2004.1, don't know about 2004.2.

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  5. Merging... by FyRE666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...My ex-boyfriend was a big gentoo-lover, in fact he was a developer for it or something...

    Female: Check!
    Possibly attracted to geeks: Check!! ...I would love to be able to use linux more

    Linux fan: Check!!! ...I can't make it burn CDs or sync with my ipod...

    Owns cool gadgets: Check!!!! ...I'm catholic and from Scotland...

    %^$Dependency problem^^$"£CORE DUMP...STOPPED...

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  6. Re:Nooooo by BlindSpy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How much compiling could you be doing? I run gentoo as well and after the initial install-all-of-my-programs, I complile maybe once a week for about 5 minutes to update my world. And the time you spend compiling gets made up in Gentoo's speed. Also what do you mean by "Wouldn't most computers be too busy compiling to actually be able to slashdot anything?" The new gentoo version only applies to people that dont have gentoo yet. People that already have gentoo are constantly up-to-date.

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