On 22 Jun 2005, at 17:58, Kevin Philp wrote:
> I think you have summed up Gentoo very well. Its excellent because
> of Portage
> and the documentation, not because of optimisations. It handles
> dependencies
> well and upgrading can be a continuous process rather than a huge
> jump from
> distro X.Y to X.Y+1
Try apt on Debian or Ubuntu. You can say the *exact same thing*
about it...
> A first Gentoo installation can be hard compared to other distro's
> (print the
> manual and follow it carefully) but when it up its very easy to
> maintain.
Have you actually *used* Debian?
Colm
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