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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I have been using Gentoo Linux for the past ten months as my primary work platform. It is *wonderful*.
At one point I got stuck on an installation problem. Daniel Robbins helped me fix the problem via IRC. I have never received better support!
These days, I run Gentoo Linux as a VMWare image hosted by Windows 2000 on a Dell 8000 Laptop --- my job requires this particular configuration. It works very well.
I hope to install Gentoo natively now that I have another hard disk to play with. Looking forward to trying ACPI now that it's included.