From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E4T3u-000866-Qz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:42:47 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7F0f6Yt025645; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:41:06 GMT Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.87]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7F0bROo016763 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:37:27 GMT Received: from mac.com (smtpin01-en2 [10.13.10.146]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout05/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j7F0boSK009415 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:37:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.106] (cpe001217fa060b-cm0013718c1a36.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [70.24.10.222]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin01/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j7F0bmbc011786 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:37:50 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) In-Reply-To: <20050814222422.0e900f29@hactar.digimed.co.uk> References: <1123371608.32004.3.camel@sf.rout.dyndns.org> <6C3F87F2-A3F1-47A5-A18E-A3632967B781@mac.com> <20050814222422.0e900f29@hactar.digimed.co.uk> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-2--269820133 Message-Id: From: Paul Hoy Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives? Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 20:37:47 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) X-Archives-Salt: 4089847f-0a98-4921-8b9f-5d5e0bd9a87d X-Archives-Hash: d758eac2cc76e5740773dc30c7f7c518 --Apple-Mail-2--269820133 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:42:19 -0400, Paul Hoy wrote: > > >> 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. >> > > Gentoo has rolling updates, so it is always up to date. If you want to > run the latest of everything you will need to run a ~arch system. > There > are no releases for Gentoo beyond the installation live CDs. Once > installed, provided you keep up to date, there is no difference > between a > system installed three years ago and one installed yesterday. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > Windows Error #09: Game Over. Exiting Windows. > Hi Neil, ~arch is a little scary for me, since it's not in the stable branch. Paul --Apple-Mail-2--269820133 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
On Aug 14, 2005, = at 5:24 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:42:19 -0400, Paul Hoy = wrote:

=
I really like = Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good =A0
job at = supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other releases, =A0
such as = Fedora, in terms of when it releases updates, etc.
=

Gentoo has rolling updates, so it is always up to = date. If you want to
run the latest of = everything you will need to run a ~arch system. There
are no releases for Gentoo beyond the installation = live CDs. Once
installed, provided you keep up = to date, there is no difference between a
system = installed three years ago and one installed yesterday.


--=A0
Neil = Bothwick

Windows Error #09: Game Over. Exiting Windows.
=

Hi = Neil,

~arch is a = little scary for me, since it's not in the stable = branch.=A0=A0

Paul


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