Re: [Nolug] Gentoo?

I agree. The management system is good. I've yet to have a SINGLE package not
build. Keep in mind that I use "stable" for almost everything, that is, I
rarely use masked packages --those are the ones that might not build
properly, etc. However, that's not to say that stable is old. As was said
before, gentoo is pretty bleeding edge, and ebuilds are added/updated all the
time.

ml

>
> Performance isn't my reason.
>
> I like the portage system for management. It provides an enourmous amount
> of control over how your system is built. It's also very very easy to add
> ebuilds.
>
> It's great from a security standpoint as well. patches get into gentoo
> very very quickly because of it's source based nature. That also allows
> gentoo to be pretty bleeding-edge. A project releases new code, most of
> the time they can just rename the ebuild to match the new version. if
> you're syncing daily you'll be up to date right away.
>
> I'm a Debian and BSD fan. Gentoo combines alot of those worlds.
>
> And yes, I'm very happy with the performance of my gentoo boxen. I neither
> know nor care how much of that is due to optimized compiles.

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