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Gentoo Ricer Comparison
Dozix007 writes "The folks over at Funroll-Loops have created a funny comparison between the Ricer fad gripping the US, and Gentoo Linux. In a quote from the site 'Like the annoying teenager next door with a 90hp import sporting a 6 foot tall bolt-on wing, Gentoo users are proof that society is best served by roving gangs of armed vigilantes, dishing out swift, cold justice with baseball bats...'"
yes, golden with a trace of truth in it too.
Sorry if it sounds like the usual gentoo user bragging, but that guy is definitely right to some extent. Unless you recompile your kernel manually to optimize support for your motherboard, CPU, ram, graphics card, etc. you're losing performance. Not all binairy distros allow you to do that. Especially not redhat/fedora, and others offer kernels that you're not supposed to recompile, lest you break something with the hidden config files.
I have mandrake 10.0 at home, and when I ssh into because my sister can't get a wmv streaming working with mplayer, well, I'm as good as a n00b, because I simply CANNOT find where the config is, nor find enough information about the urpmi command.
Not to mention that the only reason mandrake is on there is because my family wouldn't let me take 36 hours to emerge both kde and gnome so they could have the choice (my mom uses gnome, my sister KDE, and I use enlightenment).
I won't argue that gentoo takes a long time to install, but sometimes it's just worth the tweaking.
Simple example: my laptop runs gentoo or windows, dual boot.
The laptop was designed for windows XP in mind, so you'd expect it to get the best battery life running win XP, right?
Well, I get maybe 2 hours on it when typing text.
Using gentoo, well, oh! surprise: almost 4 hours worth of use while typing a paper in openoffice, with the exact same configuration, and actually tested 'til the battery died for both OSes.
Only with gentoo did I find the correct acpi codes to use to minimize power when on battery power, mandrake has them, probably, but hidden somewhere that isn't logical.
What was that quote about SuSE? They're not worried enough about where things should be on their file system? The same applies to most rpm based distros, and probably most binairy distros in general.
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Is it just me, or has this week been a REALLY bad week for slashdot? Editors are approving shit that isn't even news anymore. I'm about gone for good.
I used one today to mush up some boiled eggs.
I've used one recently to make mashed potato(e)s.
Why do I want to put my linux distro through one, or even compare my linux distro to one?
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