hi, On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 04:05:51PM -0500, Matthew C. Tedder wrote: > I'm contemplating switching to Gentoo for the following reasons: > - Compiles source very trouble free from almost any tgz on the web
sources in debian's repository also compile fine w/o problems, where is the point? > - Seems VERY up-to-date Debian is as well, but honestly, Debian has more points to take care of to have a good consistent distribution. for instance, X takes a while to run/compile cleanly on the dozen or so archs. > - More friendly to newcomers (in my opinion) In how far is it friendlier to newcomers? because it has some colored intros? you can't say their installation is userfriendly ... otherwise Debian would rock in this respect ... > - Not likely to switch to Hurd some day Elaborate a bit more. Debian isn't switching to the Hurd, if you mean that. Debian can be run on Linux, the Hurd and in the future on some of the BSDs if you mean that. > - Not so close to GNU as Debian is, so can get fair take on: > - ReiserFS > - KDE Please elaborate a bit more. I can't see clearly what you are refereing to. Do you mean about the social aspects Debian has a stance on? Like licensing and what is free (DFSG), etc.? > - Not really a distrobution--more like a centralized source repository If it's just a centarlized source rep. it won't get a thorough integration testing so that everything works flawlessly and technologies are incorporated which are used by all of the parts of the distribution, etc. pp. > - Seems like a more simplified system altogether.. In how far? so long Othmar
