On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 19:34 -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 08:40:00PM +0000, Nick Smith wrote: > > i use gentoo primarily now because i like the feeling that every piece > > of software on my system from the bootstrap up is compiled for my > > hardware aka p4, every debian binary is built for a 386 machine to keep > > compatibility! and on top of that a stable debian release takes years! > > dont get me wrong i use to be die hard debian because of apt-get but i > > have seen the light, emerge is way more powerful then apt and overall > > system performance is far superior because you compile everything from > > scratch for your system, debian was great when i was a newby and didnt > > know how linux worked and it was great for a system that just worked, > > that is of course if you can over look all the apt problems, do an > > apt-get dist-upgrade and your entire system crashes, thats always nice. > > i still like them both and still run both on servers, and i even > > compared the two on two separate mail servers, and getnoo blew debian > > away hands down on performance. try it for yourself and you will see. > > just dont try a stage 1 on a 386 or you will literally be there for > > almost a week watching it compile. it is designed for the power user > > and for faster machines. > > Typical gentoo idiot. Gentoo is nice in some ways, but you've listed > none of them. Go away. > > -- > Blast you and your estrogenical treachery! > > To be honest. i started with redhat, then suse then debian. But i didnt understand how to use it, so i thought id try gentoo, as it had great docs. For a while it was fanastic. i loved it, i got the buzz that the whole machine was built for my hardware. But after a year i became tired of the constant compiles it just got on my nerves and i started to notice that the proformance was that hot. So i gave debian a shot. This time knowing what i was doing and how linux worked. I had my whole desktop up in less than 3hrs *inc kernel and sid upgrade* compared to the 3days of compiling for gentoo. To my surprise it was faster for me. Unless i used the wrong use flags? but i actually found it alot better for my use. the only thing i wish i had on debian was mplayer in the main pool, but thats easierly fixed and xorg, but with sarge coming out soon i can understand that. I personally think what debian is doing is nooo different to what MS does. Think aobut it, an upgrade every 2-3 years, except, obv more stable lol and secure. But if you want to constantly compile by all means but i personally choose debian, so much so that all my systems run it and ive donated money to debian as well. Just my 2cents -- *---------------------------------------------------------* | Glyn Tebbutt | d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com | |--------------' http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d3c3it | | gpg-key: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d3c3it/d3c3it.gpg | | Lisa, if you dont like your job you dont strike, | | just go in everyday and do it really half-assed | | Thats the American way. -Homer Simpson | *---------------------------------------------------------*
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