*yawn* Do we have to go through this every friggin' time a Gentoo story is posted on/.? OMG I compiled my system with -O9 -ffast-math -ffuck-up-my-system and it's now 300% faster and 119% more stable. If you want that, go here.
That's not what Gentoo's about(at least to me). For me, it's a highly configurable Distro which leaves me in control and actually forces me to RTFM and learn something about what I am doing.
Additionaly, it's an excellent Server Distro. Before Gentoo I used Debian(which I really liked) on my tiny little webserver, but ended compiling stuff like PHP myself because I needed a feature or didn't need another. With Gentoo I am able to do this _within_ the package manager. It's also very easy to take a proactive stance at security or switching back and forth. And for all those of you complaining about the moving speed of the portage tree, which sometimes is too fast for a server sofware repository, wait till GLEP19 is implemented.
Features:
* Audio formats supported "out-of-the-box": WAV, AIFF, VOC, AU, SND, Ogg Vorbis, MPC, MP2, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC
* Audio formats supported through official addons: FLAC, OggFLAC, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, Speex, CDDA, TFMX, SPC, various MOD types; extraction on-the-fly from RAR, 7-ZIP & ZIP archives
* Full Unicode support on Windows NT
* ReplayGain support
* Low memory footprint, efficient handling of really large playlists
* Advanced file info processing capabilities (generic file info box and masstagger)
* Highly customizable playlist display
* Customizable keyboard shortcuts
* Most of standard components are opensourced under BSD license (source included with the SDK)
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That's not what Gentoo's about(at least to me). For me, it's a highly configurable Distro which leaves me in control and actually forces me to RTFM and learn something about what I am doing.
Additionaly, it's an excellent Server Distro. Before Gentoo I used Debian(which I really liked) on my tiny little webserver, but ended compiling stuff like PHP myself because I needed a feature or didn't need another. With Gentoo I am able to do this _within_ the package manager. It's also very easy to take a proactive stance at security or switching back and forth. And for all those of you complaining about the moving speed of the portage tree, which sometimes is too fast for a server sofware repository, wait till GLEP19 is implemented.meax
For the same reasons I discuss and advocate Human Rights. Freedom.
> On Gentoo I installed non-free stuff frequently with no idea of their liscensing issues.
FYI: License support in Portage
foobar2000 maybe?
Quote from their site:
Features:
* Audio formats supported "out-of-the-box": WAV, AIFF, VOC, AU, SND, Ogg Vorbis, MPC, MP2, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC
* Audio formats supported through official addons: FLAC, OggFLAC, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, Speex, CDDA, TFMX, SPC, various MOD types; extraction on-the-fly from RAR, 7-ZIP & ZIP archives
* Full Unicode support on Windows NT
* ReplayGain support
* Low memory footprint, efficient handling of really large playlists
* Advanced file info processing capabilities (generic file info box and masstagger)
* Highly customizable playlist display
* Customizable keyboard shortcuts
* Most of standard components are opensourced under BSD license (source included with the SDK)