From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LUjhl-0000NR-HS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:30:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09D5EE0552; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:30:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC96EE0552 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:30:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E31064BEB for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:30:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.237 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.237 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.705, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=2.067] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0lrLm5W+VJzO for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:30:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8E1664B66 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:30:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LUjhT-0006se-Ek for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:30:03 +0000 Received: from 65.111.170.175 ([65.111.170.175]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:30:03 +0000 Received: from grante by 65.111.170.175 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:30:03 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh? Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:25:49 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200902040858.23559.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <49894363.8060401@comcast.net> <200902040939.33234.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <6d84fb3b7dfe750d8bc20b63968564e1.squirrel@jesgue.homelinux.org> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.111.170.175 User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 9e6aea74-903a-4ca5-bd7e-69872f7755d7 X-Archives-Hash: 085069b881c282d224cd5b9285457dc9 On 2009-02-04, Jes?s Guerrero wrote: > El Mie, 4 de Febrero de 2009, 8:39, Alan McKinnon escribi?: >> On Wednesday 04 February 2009 09:27:31 Christopher Walters wrote: >> >> I personally don't view Gentoo as a "distro" in the traditional sense. To >> me, it's a build system, an app - portage or paludis - and the devs that >> make cool input files for that app. Building a distro from scratch for >> embedded devices is a painful process if you don't have an automated build >> system. It's not quite a trivial exercise, but portage does make it a >> whole lot easier. > > That's mostly what I call a "metadistro". A set of tools and > instructions to build a proper distro that suits you, and maintain > it. Except that what you build and maintain isn't a "distro", it's a single machine. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Are you still an at ALCOHOLIC? visi.com