Re: Sorts of things I'ds like to see in a distro

On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 10:24, Kevin Williams wrote:
> I'm still a newbie at this...but doesn't GENTOO do this?  I've JUST
> finished installing it, and it has the whole portage emerge thing.  A
> list of all emerge applications available (with meta information) is
> stored on your computer, and can be installed/updated/removed with a
> simple call.

Virtually everything that enjoys widespread use is available and
well-maintained in Gentoo... but Gentoo does not attempt to make
"everything" available.  Adding something to portage is a non-trivial
process, so much of *is* there is the cream of the crop, so to speak.

As such, Gentoo is almost the exact *opposite* of a 100-CD distro.  Part
of its power comes from its implicit endorsement of well-known software,
where "well-known" is defined liberally but meaningfully.

Dylan