Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

[Paul Hoy <paul.hoy@mac.com>]

On Aug 21, 2005, at 4:05 PM, Jerry McBride wrote:

> On Sunday 14 August 2005 03:42 pm, Paul Hoy wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This email isn't intended to troll, but to explore Linux variants
>> that share certain characteristics.
>>
>>
>
> Nice way to introduce yourself on a distribution support  
> maillist.... :')
>
I'm sorry that you find the idea of exploring "Linux variants that  
share certain characteristics" so inflammatory and out-of-place on a  
Linux mailing list.
>
>> I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good
>> job at supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other releases,
>> such as Fedora, in terms of when it releases updates, etc.
>>
>>
>
> Huh?
>
A-huh. See http://fedoraproject.org/infofeed/
>
>> Linux from Scratch looks very interesting: it appears to rapidly
>> support the latest updates and it has decent documentation. Does any
>> one have any perspectives on Linux from Scratch, from a Gentoo point-
>> of-view? Does anyone wish to share a comparison of the two?
>>
>>
>
> Yeah, sure... Gentoo is more fun.
>
> As for being "behind other releases"... you gotta-be-kiddin....

See: http://fedoraproject.org/infofeed/
See random list provided to another member on this list


>
> What and where EXACTLY is gentoo behind any other release?
>
gcc
openoffice
mysql
php
etc, etc


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