Gentoo was mess? I'm quite satisfied with etc-update, but there are alternatives (cfg-update, dispatch-conf)
I tried Ubuntu also (Ok, it was Kubuntu but it's quite similar). Contrary to many, I was very disappointed. Synaptec is quite ok, until you want a package that is not in repository. Then you add repository. Then some packages from different repositories fight. And then you want mod_perl and you search 30 min to find some obscure repository on somebody's home machine. I mean, it that normal?
And besides, I prefer to compile (but not manually, for I want packet manager to be aware of added packages).
And there were other obscurities with Kubuntu. I forgot most of them, but one I remember is missing files in tmp. I was very limited in disk space, so I moved some files to/tmp. After reboot, they were gone??? Happened twice. Then I just gave up and went back to gentoo.
I use Gentoo for desktop and FreeBSD for servers.
In Gentoo I like portage and gentoo forums. They are what in my opinion seperate Gentoo from other distributions. On no other forum have I got help so quick (and usually you don't even have to post). Most FreeBSD problems I solved with a help of google. Most (all) gentoo problems I solved on forum. You have to really look hard to find rtfm there. If there were no gentoo, I would use FreeBSD on desktop.
What I like in FreeBSD most is stability, packet filter and jails. After learning pf, iptables just seem so ugly.
Alpha was never multicore. EV8 had 8 instructions wide ooo execution, which was probably amazing, but it has nothing to do with multicore.
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Several days was when there was still stage1. Now that you must start at stage 3 (and later recompile if you like) you are done in 1 day. After you finish kernel, you just emerge x and kde and next morning you are ready to go (just after you configure x).
About speed, it is faster that kubuntu (which I used), but it's the other things that made me go back to gentoo.
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Keep in mind this is MS - new version will be delayed and have all advanced features removed.
That's a very nice theory, but can you give some examples? BSD is around long enought so it should not be a problem.
No. You need a server in order to have it slashdotted.
I tried Ubuntu also (Ok, it was Kubuntu but it's quite similar). Contrary to many, I was very disappointed. Synaptec is quite ok, until you want a package that is not in repository. Then you add repository. Then some packages from different repositories fight. And then you want mod_perl and you search 30 min to find some obscure repository on somebody's home machine. I mean, it that normal? And besides, I prefer to compile (but not manually, for I want packet manager to be aware of added packages).
And there were other obscurities with Kubuntu. I forgot most of them, but one I remember is missing files in tmp. I was very limited in disk space, so I moved some files to /tmp. After reboot, they were gone??? Happened twice. Then I just gave up and went back to gentoo.
I use Gentoo for desktop and FreeBSD for servers. In Gentoo I like portage and gentoo forums. They are what in my opinion seperate Gentoo from other distributions. On no other forum have I got help so quick (and usually you don't even have to post). Most FreeBSD problems I solved with a help of google. Most (all) gentoo problems I solved on forum. You have to really look hard to find rtfm there. If there were no gentoo, I would use FreeBSD on desktop. What I like in FreeBSD most is stability, packet filter and jails. After learning pf, iptables just seem so ugly.
Funny, I thought you guys (USA people) were fond of free trade and capitalism.
Alpha was never multicore. EV8 had 8 instructions wide ooo execution, which was probably amazing, but it has nothing to do with multicore.
Several days was when there was still stage1. Now that you must start at stage 3 (and later recompile if you like) you are done in 1 day. After you finish kernel, you just emerge x and kde and next morning you are ready to go (just after you configure x). About speed, it is faster that kubuntu (which I used), but it's the other things that made me go back to gentoo.