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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Matt,
The fact that you have to merge your /etc files by hand after an update is by design. That way, any changes you've made (system specific etc files are very common - fstab, X11/XF86Config, make.conf, etc) don;t get overwrittem automatically. Besides, 90% of the time, the new etc file is just like the old unedited version (hence, no changes needed). My recomendation is to back up ther file before editing, then compare the backed up version with the new version (ala ._cfg0000_***) to see if anything really changed. Hope this makes sense and doesn't add confusion...