Perhaps an alternative...

Guest · Posted: Thu May 30, 2002 10:33 pm Post subject: Perhaps an alternative...

I absolutely love Gentoo's config layout- very intuitive and orderly, nothing like the usual ugly mess of *NIX configuration- but I've been having nothing but trouble with Portage. Is there an easier *NIX that might be worth trying?

lx · Posted: Fri May 31, 2002 12:10 am Post subject:

I like debian an it's apt-get system, maybe to start you could better opt for Mandrake, it's got a slick gui-install and handles packages very well, these are not source-based but package based, where mandrake is i586 and debian i386. debian is a bit slower with it's packages because it prefers stability and security.
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gentoodude · n00b Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 11 Location: Detroit

There is a really nice simple new distro called Desktop/LX. It is made by a company called Lycoris http://www.lycoris.com/ and used to be called Redmond Linux.

Guest · Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2002 7:05 pm Post subject: Thanks anyway.

I took a shot at FreeBSD, the inspiration for Gentoo, and it absolutely kicks a**. It also works with GCC 3.1 out of the box. :p