So, coupla days ago I just lazily etc-updated, and guess what: one fucked box, again.
Got the same problem, running now Arch.
So, to reiterate: Arch kicks Gentoo's silly little level-3-optimisation-from-super-super-SUPER-scratch arse, and it works without any hassle, which means a lot now I have uni work to do.
Arch feels same speed to me and update in 1/10th less the time than Gentoo.
]]>The installation of Gentoo taught me most. The fact I had to f*ck around with it forever also taught me loads. Emerge is one command used to upgrade, hardly does everything for you does it?
Anyway, the truth is I was forced to learn just to make Gentoo work, which isn't a bad thing. And I definitely did learn a lot from Gentoo, even if for every single other user in the world, they learned nothing.
]]>boys, you learn lot's from using LFS, not gentoo!
on the other hand - when I started using gentoo (it was when 1.4 was beta), you had to learn how stuff worked, since basicly nothing worked in a proper way with portage ^^
]]>Yeh emerge is good, portage is huge for a start, and admittedly they have ebuilds for a lot of stuff. But I still prefer pacman I think, quicker, easier, and generally a bit cleaner. Couldn't upgrade my kernel in 2 seconds with Gentoo could I?
Spose it depends on viewpoint, I'm not bashin Gentoo, it's class.... just doesn't quite hit the spot does it? Heh.
]]>Although I have my doubts about arch on a server, but maybe that's just me. And I must say I am very glad that I did use gentoo, I learned A LOT about linux using that distro, probably the most learning-intensive distro I've used except for LFS.
]]>...Arch kicks Gentoo's silly little level-3-optimisation-from-super-super-SUPER-scratch arse...
couldnt say it better myself
]]>but portage is still very mature, powerfull and great on a server (sorry arch, I run gentoo on my servers)
but still - Arch is freaking great
]]>Just been reading some of that post about people moving to Gentoo etc etc.
Well, just wanted to give my $0.02. I used Gentoo aaaages ago for a while, thought it was pretty fun, compiling everything from scratch seemed a great idea. Then I moved into Arch... wow, the same performance without compiling! Then I moved back to Gentoo again after I borked up my machine (another spontaneous flash of stupidity I guess).
Then I realised, emerge is just not as good as everyone thinks. I mean, sure it can download and install all my latest packages, but do I really want to spend 20 minutes editing config files after an upgrade? NO! So, coupla days ago I just lazily etc-updated, and guess what: one fucked box, again.
So, now I've just installed Arch, got X, OOffice, everything I need downloaded and installed in about 2 hours, AND pacman worked through my proxy without setting it up!
So, to reiterate: Arch kicks Gentoo's silly little level-3-optimisation-from-super-super-SUPER-scratch arse, and it works without any hassle, which means a lot now I have uni work to do.
So, thanks for that, I needed a bit of a rant
Arch Linux > Gentoo
Thom
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