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 have wanted to try out gentoo for some time, but the install iso's are really no more than boot discs, stage 1, 2 or 3 don't help you much on a crappy modem line:( The real apps you need to download/install witch would take forever.
What is needed are stable snapshot on cds/isos, like 1 CD with install ,basic libs and some generic apps. Then one containing Gnome/GTK stuff and one for KDE/Qt, so the die-hard Gnome/KDEers dont have to download all 3 isos. Included on each iso you have the corresponding part of the portge tree. The more exotic/unstable apps, there is no need. They can be downlodaed/installd thru portage the standard way.
This will make gentoo avalible for us poor modem users, all you need is a frien with a DSL line and a CD burner. (And realy no problem downloading a cople of isos at work:)