gentoo

[Phil Darling]

Gentoo is an install to test patience.  I ran it for a while, as all 
the guys at work love it, and idea of doing everything from source is 
appealing, but a lot of stuff or PPC is masked (which doesn't mean that 
you can't install it, of course) and it really takes forever and a day. 
  I gave debian testing a shot, had the net install ISO burned, the 
install and config completed and fresh benh kernel compiled in less 
time than it takes mozilla to compile on a gentoo box.  Id did learn a 
few new things running gentoo, but won't run it again unless I have 
several days with nothing better to do (which means it won't be 
installed again). ;^)

Just my .02

Phil in MI


On Mar 23, 2004, at 1:04 AM, 
yellowdog-general-request@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:

>> Gentoo, IMNSHO, is best if you've had a distro or two under your
>> belt and
>> you've got a good internet connection! And especially on an
>> OldWorld, you're
>> in for some frustrating times. You've basically got to score >8 on
>> the geek
>> scale, >9 on the frustration resistance scale and you'll need a
>> fridge full
>> of highly caffeinated cola capsules.
>>
>> If the above are true and you also score <5 on the spousal "Call to
>> Duty"
>> scale, you should plan your time according to this basic schedule:
>>
>> 1 - 1 day - screwing with your emerge stages. If you have a tiny
>> little wire
>> between you and the internet, and still feel you *have* to try
>> gentoo, use
>> the pre-compiled version for PPC. It will save you lots and they
>> are good
>> compile settings.
>>
>> 2 - 2 weeks - emerging the stuff you didn't install but you use
>> lots.
>>
>> 3 - emerging more stuff that is nice to have. You find these over
>> the course
>> of a month or two.
>>
>> Also, figure on several days a quarter for recompiles if you want
>> to stay up
>> to date. I did "emerge world" on my dual Xeon after three months of
>> not
>> doing it and it compiled for most of a day.
>
> Word!  I have a T3 line at work and Gentoo takes a good two hours to
> do a fresh install.  And you'd better not have a "honey-do" list or
> you're in trubble!
>
> Norberto Quintanar
> --http://www.geocities.com/nquintanar