From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-embedded+bounces-3701-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1PQpcC-0004lU-PJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:09:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4F13EE0B0A for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:09:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blue-labs.org (unknown [72.34.249.230]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC761E09C3 for <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:03:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smvfd.info. (colt [IPv6:2001:470:d:3de::1] (may be forged)) by colt.blue-labs.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oB9N2wlX006585 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 18:03:15 -0500 Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:d:3de:10c5:63ff:fea9:5af7] ([IPv6:2001:470:d:3de:10c5:63ff:fea9:5af7]) (authenticated bits=0) by smvfd.info. (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oB9N2ul7006569 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 18:02:57 -0500 Message-ID: <4D016015.2030200@blue-labs.org> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:02:45 -0500 From: David Ford <david@blue-labs.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101116 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.6 Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-embedded+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-embedded.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Some good words for Gentoo embedded? References: <AANLkTi=J=1rvh7PqvH-24UUY1Q6whd_amXhcFm7AZ19M@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=J=1rvh7PqvH-24UUY1Q6whd_amXhcFm7AZ19M@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c050a5dc-c86a-461a-8804-499092959a14 X-Archives-Hash: dc2ee207950405718e874d496e158930 well, the programs installed really aren't going to be all that different regardless of which distribution is installed. the biggest differences are probably in the management of the system configuration and the ease of doing package management. i use gentoo on my embedded because i find it incredibly easier to get a working toolchain, build a $root filesystem, and copy it to something like flash and i'm all set. that's disregarding the fact that i think gentoo's system configuration is outlandishly better. particularly when it comes to networking.