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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Netgear cards use the tulip driver. during the install when you have to modprobe for your card "modprobe tulip" and you should be good to go.
i see alot of people saying they are newbies and trying it and getting frustrated. Gentoo is self proclaimed NOT a newbie distro. That said you can learn a schitt load doing an install and configure, and come out with a great machine in the end.
I have a few Gentoo boxen running, one of which is my file server at work running samba and netatalk to provide file and print sharing to about 30 macs and windoze machines. It has worked well for me - very well - but I don't "--update world" EVER. Key is to update what you need and check what version you are updating too.