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Originally posted by Silvy
The thing is, that everything is compiled specifically for your system by your system. Almost the only things that get installed are the things that you need for your system. If done right this is very powerful as it supposedly leaves you with the most up-to-date uber-optimized system. But this proces does take some time.
To be honest wether it is worth it is up to you. I mainly use gentoo because of it's very good package system which keeps my system up-to-date as easy as 1.2.3. I could have used debian for this as well, but I like the 'compiled especially for me' part and I had the time for it.
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I understand that, but the system I would install to is a box that regularly gets blown away about every month when I decide to try another linux distro--the box is there solely to tinker with. For a box like that, I dont really feel that I need a super-optimized system.
However, I do have an old box that I use as my webserver. It is running RedHat 8.0, and I will soon move it to something else because I cant keep the system up to date anymore. I am considering Gentoo, and for that box, I think a custom install like that would be a good thing.