Gentoo has been great on my home systems... I feel as though I've seen a nice speed difference after installing it... Got the desktop up in a flash... Apache... Postfix... Samba... etc... Run the command, it installs them then tweak the config files... All pretty easy to me... I do agree however that there has been problems with packages being released for installation that have broken things... The libpng issue a few weeks back caused me to have to recompile alot of my packages... But it is all a learning experience... I see Gentoo being one of the big boys for a long time to come...
Points I like about it:
Portage - run a command and it will download, compile, and install the program/updates you specify...
rc Scripts - I was lazy and never did sit down to work out how rc.d / rc.1 / rc.2 / rc.3 / etc worked... With Gentoo you just goto/etc/init.d/ and rc-update add Program/Service default to put it into the startup scripts. Let's me remain ignorant AND lazy, wahoo!
Installation - all command line based you do everything by hand... I like it... The install doc is easy enough to follow... The base iso is 16mb after that you can sit and see what packages are being installed, you don't have a huge bundle or programs you don't need... After installation I can sit and add what I want...
WebSite/Docs - I've been back to their website many times looking at their docs for how to get things up and going... Really not bad at all... Got my desktop system up and going no problem. It is great to finally have the NVidia drivers installed and working proper (Tux Racer wahoo)... Plus configuring Postfix, Apache, Webmail, Security, etc... Nifty stuff... I'm sure the info will grow as things move along...
That's about all I can think of for now... I have three of my boxes converted already, gonna keep rolling with it...
Woody2143 (website is down to due horrible lack of content)
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I don't see where they said they are releasing their product under the GPL though. They are just looking at ways to get around it, not actually use it...
Goody, digital paper... Thats nice I suppose, but I think Digital Wallpaper would be MUCH better. You could easly but the hurts on paint and reagular wallpaper companies.... Now I can change the color of my room with just a click of a button... Put up any pattern I wanted... Those nice pictures of Pam Anderson.:P Have/. on my walls... That would truly rule....
Digital Bilboards, yet another great idea..... Have differnet ads running all day and night.... Have news updates, etc....
Ah the joys of it all...
Now, they just have to make it REALLY cheep and really good quality/picture quality.:)
Would it be possible for Linux users everywhere to pull together and filed a class action suit against Microsoft? We had Window refund day, why not take the next step and sue them for all the obvious reasons? I was just reading about the two other lawsuites against Microsoft that just poped up and it gave me (and I am sure others)this idea. I don't know anything about the law pertaining to class action suits, but if one guy in California can do it, why can't we? Just an idea....
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Gentoo has been great on my home systems... I feel as though I've seen a nice speed difference after installing it... Got the desktop up in a flash... Apache... Postfix... Samba... etc... Run the command, it installs them then tweak the config files... All pretty easy to me... I do agree however that there has been problems with packages being released for installation that have broken things... The libpng issue a few weeks back caused me to have to recompile alot of my packages... But it is all a learning experience... I see Gentoo being one of the big boys for a long time to come...
/etc/init.d/ and rc-update add Program/Service default to put it into the startup scripts. Let's me remain ignorant AND lazy, wahoo!
Points I like about it:
Portage - run a command and it will download, compile, and install the program/updates you specify...
rc Scripts - I was lazy and never did sit down to work out how rc.d / rc.1 / rc.2 / rc.3 / etc worked... With Gentoo you just goto
Installation - all command line based you do everything by hand... I like it... The install doc is easy enough to follow... The base iso is 16mb after that you can sit and see what packages are being installed, you don't have a huge bundle or programs you don't need... After installation I can sit and add what I want...
WebSite/Docs - I've been back to their website many times looking at their docs for how to get things up and going... Really not bad at all... Got my desktop system up and going no problem. It is great to finally have the NVidia drivers installed and working proper (Tux Racer wahoo)... Plus configuring Postfix, Apache, Webmail, Security, etc... Nifty stuff... I'm sure the info will grow as things move along...
That's about all I can think of for now... I have three of my boxes converted already, gonna keep rolling with it...
Woody2143
(website is down to due horrible lack of content)
I don't see where they said they are releasing their product under the GPL though. They are just looking at ways to get around it, not actually use it...
Goody, digital paper... Thats nice I suppose, but I think Digital Wallpaper would be MUCH better. You could easly but the hurts on paint and reagular wallpaper companies.... Now I can change the color of my room with just a click of a button... Put up any pattern I wanted... Those nice pictures of Pam Anderson. :P /. on my walls... That would truly rule....
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Digital Bilboards, yet another great idea..... Have differnet ads running all day and night.... Have news updates, etc....
Ah the joys of it all...
Now, they just have to make it REALLY cheep and really good quality/picture quality.
I can dream can't I?
Would it be possible for Linux users everywhere to pull together and filed a class action suit against Microsoft? We had Window refund day, why not take the next step and sue them for all the obvious reasons? I was just reading about the two other lawsuites against Microsoft that just poped up and it gave me (and I am sure others)this idea. I don't know anything about the law pertaining to class action suits, but if one guy in California can do it, why can't we? Just an idea....