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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  Gentoo's advantage: "optimized for your system"
 -- huh?
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Grant Edwards wrote:
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> Are the real benefits of Gentoo too hard to explain to the
> unwashed masses, so instead they're told the fairy tale about
> imporoved performance?

Hi Grant,

Well, the main thing for me using Gentoo is control - control of what is
installed on my machines...

Best regards

Peter K