Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 14th May 2002 07:05 UTC
Gentoo is so far, the big Linux surprise this year. With its 1.0 release took the Linux world by storm and converted a huge number of power users and developers from the well-known Linux distros they were using, to the lightweight Gentoo Linux. While its installation process is not for the faint of heart, it pays back the user with a highly optimized system. As a result, Gentoo is dubbed the "fastest Linux distro" to date. Read on for an exclusive interview with Gentoo's project leader, Daniel Robbins where he reveals that Gentoo will be further optimized with the fastest x86 C/C++ compiler (Intel's ICC) in addition to GCC 3.1. Daniel also speaks about the future plans for Portage and the overall system in general.
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As a follow-up to my own posting, download the linux-2.4.18.tar.bz2 package:
http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/gentoo-sources/linux-2.4.18.tar.bz2
as well as the patches to bring it to 2.4.19-gentoo-r5:
http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/gentoo-sources/linux-gentoo-2.4.19-ge...
then uncompress the kernel and patch it using the usual:
patch -p1 < ../path/to/patch/patch_name
This will bring the 2.4.18 up to Gentoo's newest kernel. Which, FWIW, has the needed ac97 patch for my Presario 700 already included. I'm recompiling right now, and look forward to O(1), preemptive, as well as a kernel with the needed ACPI and ac97 patches already included. Sweet.