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Originally posted by kel
I never said people who use gentoo are new to linux. Don't put your words in my mouth.
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Whoa, didn't mean to get ya pissed - that was just my interpretation of "We shouldn't be telling the new guys to spend time on this IMO." Sorry if it was wrong, but I surely didn't mean to be insulting or however it came across that made you so mad.
Either way, no, there isn't a huge speed difference. I don't think I've ever said there was and the Gentoo people don't claim there should be either. I have seen minor speed differences in some areas but overall it's not a big difference.
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Stage1: Pros and Cons
+ Allows you to have total control over the optimization settings and optional build-time functionality that is initially enabled on your system
+ Suitable for powerusers that know what they are doing
+ Allows you to learn more about the inner workings of Gentoo
- Takes a long time to finish the installation
- If you don't intend to tweak the settings, it is probably a waste of time
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