On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:09, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > > > 9) Does the gentoo configurability deliver significantly better > performance? Is the added step of compilation too much of an > inconvenience?
By compiling all applications with optimisations for your processor, you can have your machine do nothing between keystrokes and/or mouse clicks a whole lot faster than it otherwise would. Naturally you want time critical code such as the kernel optimised but there is no need to use gentoo for that. > > 11) Is it easy for you to discover new software when not using > Debian? When using gentoo? When using one of the BSD's? Dunno, I've been known to google for what I want, get an app name, do an apt-cache search for that name, and sure enough it's on my debian cds. Sarge has 11 cds against the 7 for Woody. That is a mind boggling collection of software. Too new to comment on the other points. Cheers Bob > Feel free to reply to me offline, I'll summarize on list; but > I think that a lively dialogue shall elicit more material for an > evangelizing document ;-) > > manoj > > http://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
