Re: Mandriva 2007 shortcoming

I am getting into liking gentoo too,
I am loading it (7 days and going, that's the only catch)
on an old PIII @ 500 latitude laptop,
it really forces you to know the hardware and right drivers,
but it's kinda cool having everything tailor compiled,

On Oct 25, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Steve Browne wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:26:21 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>  I like Gentoo.
>>
>>  I never have problems installing pre-compiled software, because I  
>> don't
>> install precompiled software.  I install everything from source.   
>> I was a
>> little annoyed when they started not supporting stage 1 installs  
>> (start by
>> compiling your install environment) and a little more when it stopped
>> working.  But with a stage 3 install, I can still completely  
>> recompile my
>> entire system.  I can't think of a better test to make sure your  
>> hardware is
>> up to snuff or a better way to ensure your software is all  
>> consistent.
>
> That is the ideal solution, but tedious. I considered trying Gentoo
> but noted that the release is only one CD; I've gotten spoiled by
> distros-on-DVD with loads of apps and libraries. Debian is the
> quantity-leader in this aspect. Unfortunately, Debian will not
> announce a schedule for the release of ETCH. But soon...
>
> Steve
> Stephen B. Browne
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