Linked by Anthony Hicks on Tue 8th Apr 2003 16:17 UTC
This (quite long) article has been written by me for two primary reasons: One, to hopefully save someone else the time and hassle associated with trying out various Linux distributions, and two, to promote some discussion and feedback regarding what a modern Linux distribution should be, and of course to contrast this with what is currently available. I am exploring the offerings of MS Windows, BeOS and MacOSX, and then taking on a number of well-known Linux distributions.
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Overall I thought this was a pretty good article. I really think his whole section on Gentoo was terribly incomplete. It almost seemed as if he didnt bother to create a whole system. How can anyone write anything about Gentoo without mentioning Portage. Portage alone sets Gentoo far ahead of all other distros in my opinion. Once the system is built it just ownz. 24hrs is a small amount of time to invest in the big picture of things. When youre done you have a highly optimized system with ULTRA easy install, uninstall, and upgrade capabilities for everything......and the added bonus of never having to worry about rpms or dependecies.....EVAR....no...seriously. :-)