From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:14:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200906141714.12497.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A34FA08.2080100@gmail.com>
On Sunday 14 June 2009 15:24:24 AG wrote:
> What you will do is spend an insane amount of time trying to figure out
> what a certain USE flag actually does an if you want it. Debian doesn't
> give you that choice.
>
>
> Is this an example of that infinite adaptability of Gentoo as a
> metadistro?
Yes. In fact, this is Gentoo's major strength - the ability to have a
customized installation that does exactly what you want with no additional
junk, an do it in an automated sane fashion that can be maintained.
--
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-14 15:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-14 11:02 [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in AG
2009-06-14 11:11 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-06-14 13:06 ` AG
2009-06-14 17:20 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-06-14 11:55 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-06-14 13:24 ` AG
2009-06-14 15:14 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
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