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Jack Byer wrote:
> Michael Mol wrote:
>
>> This. Very much this. My dive into Gentoo came as I was fed up with
>> Debian and Ubuntu having buggy and/or outdated versions of multimedia
>> encoding packages while trying to configure a box specced for live
>> transcoding of h.264 to something my PS3 would like.
>>
> I came to Gentoo from Linux From Scratch because I wanted something more
> user friendly when it came to keeping track of package dependencies and
> compilation procedures.
>
>
>

That is how I describe Gentoo, Linux from Scratch with a package manager 
and other neat tools.  I think Gentoo is about as close to that as it 
gets.  We all know portage is getting really good and full of features 
over the past few years.  I may not agree with Zac on some recent 
default settings but he sure has pushed portage a long long ways 
forward.  If only Gentoo could wash dishes now.  File a feature request 
on b.g.o?  LOL

Dale

:-)  :-)

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