Gentoo 2004.1 Released

[LSA]

http://www.gentoo.org/
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/relea...ess-release.txt (http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2004.1/releng/2004.1-press-release.txt)

Gentoo looks like a cool distro. :w00t:

[shn]

The versions really don't matter with gentoo. All you have to do for the latest version is type:

emerge sync

The disk is only for people who want the prebuilt binaries like KDE and Gnome. You can copy them over to your current portage tree I suppose.

I prefer compiling everything. It takes a lot longer but in the end is worth it. There is really no need to even use gentoo unless you install from stage 1 or 2.

Stage 3 users go through the same install process but end up with a prebuilt system. If you tweak your system right with the correct c flags and use variables then most if not all your applications when compile flawlessly and run a lot better than they would on any other distro.


Gentoo is a bitch to install! :)

[LSA]

Ok, thanks for the explaination. :)

[shn]

Originally posted by LSA@30 April 2004 - 16:02
Ok, thanks for the explaination. :)
No prob, Gentoo can "explain" it a lot better than I can.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml

You should give it a try..................if you got the guts. :)

[LSA]

I've been reading that handbook, gentoo looks interesting :w00t:

I think i'll check it out, but I don't know if i'll be able to do a stage 1 or 2......56k :(

Thanks for the help, shn.

[shn]

I had some spear time so I decided to do everything from scratch. :D

Stage 1 tarball, and a newly self-compiled 2.6 kernel. Just got my sound card working under alsa. It took me a while to decide to switch to 2.6 kernel but I finally run one now. I can't tell too much of a dif.

My system feels a lot lighter. Genkernel script for gentoo gives you basically other kernel modules and other things you don't need and makes the kernel bloated. I also used some different cflags to optimize my arch (added march=i686, and MAKEOPTS="-j2") just to name a few. :)

I'm considering getting the company I intern for to use gentoo now on a few servers since I now know the install process like the back of my head. :01:

[LSA]

How long did that take? Days? Sounds like a nice setup though :w00t:

Just curious, but why did you edit out your vmware guide? :huh:

[shn]

Originally posted by LSA@13 May 2004 - 07:32
How long did that take? Days?  Sounds like a nice setup though :w00t:

Just curious, but why did you edit out your vmware guide? :huh:
The only one's that struggle with installing gentoo are the ones with no patience. It took me less time to install from a stage one and compile my own kernel then it did the first time I installed gentoo when I used a stage 2 and genkernel. To be exact, it took about 17 hours give or take.

Funny thing is I barely even use it. I've been trying out other distros for a while now. A gentoo system is like a brand new car.................you don't drive it everyday!

As for the vmware topic, I find myself asking questions pertaining to this place that really don't make sense. If it offended anyone then hey, there is always M$'s Virtual PC. Knock yourself out. :)

[LSA]

I need a job....my puter would never be able to do a stage 1. 56k and a 633MHz Celeron :(

/me fills out application for the grocery store

I still don't understand why you edited it out, but that's your business I guess.