From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M68PC-0006ql-0I for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 19:21:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 99349E03B6; Mon, 18 May 2009 19:21:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (qw-out-1920.google.com [74.125.92.146]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75DEEE03B6 for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 19:21:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 9so2278430qwj.10 for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 12:21:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=M9+fJZYCzsk+wmxG/mD1uw9C4plPVb3nwHfgcRSwT5c=; b=BHyzxpr//EP5lz8X2jggY7dv7xXRJ8lNJhosqoeooEo2M7cLEctcqP93vc5rsnbO4r ehhu2e8hHD/Y25hUhmNLqT1iln9DsqEpLvGDknudHPxhHvj3mRA7dSNiuFTen0EdvuPF kgG2GwOkmk0r6KJZh7G8a7KPgI43I2R1uMJeg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hq+U494Bw01ode5HNmXsW9MRcTtNeHqQRkSpwy2rIIfPkEyqqNBVl63Pl3eduiijjT k4gy3K3Xuljo48RsxO0J33iYbnLDcyFopDfGSBMl3KEN6zwtYZfk53o7rUGDtBYQeeTV UGgoUamcG3dOru1QB29Blx3u7w7yvyvGkbgoo= Received: by 10.224.54.4 with SMTP id o4mr6758005qag.57.1242674504194; Mon, 18 May 2009 12:21:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?64.89.163.79? (r163h79.dixie-net.com [64.89.163.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm369762qwe.27.2009.05.18.12.21.41 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 18 May 2009 12:21:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A11B542.1060403@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:21:38 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090502 SeaMonkey/1.1.16 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading from kernel 2.6.24-rc6 to latest kernel References: <4A09312E.9010007@gmail.com> <200905181939.48524.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20090518175914.GA28829@linux1> <200905182055.28710.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200905182055.28710.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 59fa0a70-1cb9-4d58-9ea1-3423471e4a76 X-Archives-Hash: 880aa3c29d8ca17ec5fe2a6094276619 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Genuine analysis of Gentoo machines admined by someone who knows how to do it > should that the machine can easily have only the features and software on it > that the admin say it should have. Like LDAP - not everyone needs it. On a > binary distro, if the maintainer supports it you usually get it too whether > you like it or not. With Gentoo, USE is your friend. And this is gentoo's > greatest strength - the ability to build something much closer to what you > really want than is possible with a binary distro. > > I can say this when comparing this rig running Mandrake and Gentoo. Gentoo boots a LOT faster, apps open faster and there are fewer programs installed. This can save on disk space if distfiles are cleaned out. I don't clean mine but a person on broadband could or just share over a network. Mandrake is just plain slow as syrup at the north pole. I may have to test this theory one day. Actually do some measurements. only thing is, Mandriva would have older packages in some cases since Gentoo updates more often. For me, Gentoo is just as customizable as Linus from Scratch but with a nice package manager. That's how a describe Gentoo to someone who is at least part geek or a full blooded nerd. ;-) Dale :-) :-)