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Re: gentoo was: Re: AMD owners!!!
A sound theory but many distros have alot of unnecessary stuff compiled into
their base system that one may not want or use. Gentoo and LFS offer the
willing participant to install a very basic system which they can add to as
they please. Because of the streamlined nature of LFS and likely Gentoo, they
can run noticably faster than even a barebones base sytem of most of the
other distros. LFS also teaches you a great deal of how and why Linux is
constructed the way it is. Even LibraNet, as nice as it is, can't give you
this in the same way as LFS or Gentoo can.
In the end though that is the great hing about Linux is there is a multitude
of distros, apps, etc out there for you to do what ever you want without
being forced into a specific way to do something or with out learning how
your system and computer works.
On Wednesday 23 January 2002 16:42, Dave Kuhlman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 07:42:51PM +0000, Nick Baird wrote:
> > I tried installing Gentoo on my laptop as I liked the idea of a
> > highly optimised system, but messed it up!
>
> I have a question about this. If what you want is a system that is
> optimized for your CPU, then why not (1) install Libranet, then (2)
> down-load source, compile, and install any packages you use heavily?
> If this is a viable way to proceed, then what are the
> advantages/disadvantages over gentoo? Does anyone have any
> experience with this?
>
> > It does take forever as you compile absolutely everything from
> > source, and I found to my cost that this is not a process that
> > can be stopped and restarted at will. To be honest, I didn't
> > find the official instructions to be very good - it's not for
> > newbies (like me). Bank on 3-4 days to get it running,
> > assuming you know what you are doing.
>
> I'm hoping the gentoo people keep working on this. I'm guessing
> that in a year or two they will have it worked out smoothly enough
> so that not only hard-core techies can do it but also soft-core
> techies like me.
>
> And, being able to optimize Linux (or any software package) for a
> specific CPU is one of the little know advantages of Open Source.
>
> - Dave
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