Linked by Bob Minvielle on Wed 17th Jul 2002 19:18 UTC
There have been many articles as of late about the so called "source" distributions of Linux. Articles about "rpm hell" and how to get out of it. While I have been using Red Rat since the first release (and do have some things for and against it) there is no distribution that will please all of the people all of the time. Then again, that is what makes an OS like Linux nice, in my opinion. Choices. Today, Gentoo Linux is my choice.
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I just got a new laptop, and I'm torn between Gentoo and Debian ... I have a slow modem connection at home, so installing Gentoo has been a headache. I have the latest Woody snapshot ready and waiting on CD, and it's growing more and more tempting, as I don't look forward to compiling Mozilla just so I can use galeon. On the other hand, Debian is rather conservative with package/release rollouts, and I prefer the cutting edge software; if nothing else, my laptop requires the latest driver.
Both have the strength of minimizing dependency hell, but with different approaches. I guess I can't decide if I'm willing to spend a lot of time (half a day, in some cases) twiddling my thumbs to obtain the latest greatest software.
Is there a compromise out there?