Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?

[Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>]

On Fri, 18 May 2007 18:04:16 +0000
arnuld <geek.arnuld@gmail.com> wrote:

> i want to know whether Gentoo has "simplicity" or "KISS and clean"
> structure in its design as an OS ?  this is the only thing that is
> stopping me from using Gentoo. Gentoo philosophy says *nothing* about
> simplicity, it talks only about customisation. any idea of if KISS is
> present in Gentoo design ?

In my humble opinion, gentoo is the only distribution worth considering
when it comes to keeping the system simple.  Any other distro, and
you're going to have to pick through lists of packages disabling all
that you know you don't need; with gentoo, you can install what you
know you _do_ need, and go from there.  The initial footprint is a
little bigger at first because of the developent tools you need to
build your own software, but if you want to keep it small you'll have
much more success  with gentoo than with anything else.  

The one other caveat is that portage is bulky, slow, and
space-consuming.  But there are many ways to combat this, and it's
really not an issue if you have lots of gentoo hosts.  
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