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From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:12:31 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42FFA5AF.3070904@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6C3F87F2-A3F1-47A5-A18E-A3632967B781@mac.com>

Paul Hoy wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This email isn't intended to troll, but to explore Linux variants that 
> share certain characteristics. 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> 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?
> 
> Thanks all,
> Paul

Hi Paul,

Are we really far behind?  That's difficult to believe.  For what packages specifically?  Do you know how to unmask unstable packages (marked M or M~ at packages.gentoo.org)?

Zac
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  reply	other threads:[~2005-08-14 20:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-08-06 23:40 [gentoo-user] alsaconf not setting oss emulation Nick Rout
2005-08-06 23:59 ` [gentoo-user] SOLVED " Nick Rout
2005-08-07  0:30 ` [gentoo-user] " Christoph Eckert
2005-08-07  2:21   ` Nick Rout
2005-08-14 19:42 ` [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives? Paul Hoy
2005-08-14 20:12   ` Zac Medico [this message]
2005-08-14 21:38     ` Nick Rout
2005-08-14 21:51       ` Holly Bostick
2005-08-14 22:48         ` Zac Medico
2005-08-14 23:28           ` Nick Rout
2005-08-14 23:46             ` Zac Medico
2005-08-15 10:59             ` fire-eyes
2005-08-15  0:53         ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-15  1:34           ` Holly Bostick
2005-08-15  1:53             ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-14 22:13       ` Joe Menola
2005-08-14 23:40         ` Nick Rout
2005-08-15  8:28           ` Neil Bothwick
2005-08-15  9:50             ` Nick Rout
2005-08-15 10:27               ` Neil Bothwick
2005-08-15 13:35             ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-14 22:35       ` Neil Bothwick
2005-08-15  1:08         ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-15  1:48           ` Zac Medico
2005-08-15  1:55             ` Joe Menola
2005-08-15  2:22               ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-15  2:20             ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-15  0:43       ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-14 23:42     ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-15 11:02     ` Graham Murray
2005-08-15 11:32       ` Zac Medico
2005-08-14 21:05   ` Joe Menola
2005-08-14 21:22     ` Neil Bothwick
2005-08-14 21:33       ` Joe Menola
2005-08-14 22:49         ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-14 21:37     ` Nick Rout
2005-08-14 21:52       ` Joe Menola
2005-08-14 22:43     ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-14 23:26       ` Joe Menola
2005-08-15  1:25         ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-14 21:24   ` Neil Bothwick
2005-08-15  0:37     ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-15  0:58       ` Holly Bostick
2005-08-15  1:39         ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-15  8:36           ` Neil Bothwick
2005-08-15  1:01       ` Zac Medico
2005-08-15  1:33         ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-15  8:18       ` Neil Bothwick
2005-08-15  9:06         ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2005-08-15  9:54           ` Neil Bothwick
2005-08-15 10:02             ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2005-08-15 10:29               ` Neil Bothwick
2005-08-15 10:54                 ` Zac Medico
2005-08-15  5:19   ` Walter Dnes
2005-08-15  6:22     ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-15 20:00   ` Peter Karlsson
2005-08-16  0:58     ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-16  1:11       ` Nick Rout
2005-08-16  1:56         ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-16  4:16           ` kashani
2005-08-16  4:23           ` Rumen Yotov
2005-08-21 20:05   ` Jerry McBride
2005-08-14 22:06     ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2005-08-15  0:56       ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-21 22:36       ` Jerry McBride
2005-08-14 23:32         ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2005-08-15  4:36         ` Barry.SCHWARTZ
2005-08-14 23:49     ` Paul Hoy
2005-08-15  8:31       ` Neil Bothwick

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