tilt99

just curious to see if anyone uses gentoo?

Pragma

I've tried installing it on a few machines at work, but ended up going to either SuSE or OpenBSD.

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spectre

I've managed to kill my Linux (Mandrake) install on my old PC at least three times. Haven't used it in a while though.

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SecretMethod70

Booya!

Just take a glance at my user title

My avatar used to be a Tux with the Gentoo emblem on his chest too but I decided to change it for now.

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bobsonite

I'm a Slackware guy myself, but my friend uses Gentoo and loves it.

tikki

debian bitch.

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Latch

I'm going to try gentoo when I get some more knowledge and time (and patience, from what I've heard).

Currently Redhat 9.

trialzin

Mandrake 9.1 on all three boxes, had gentoo on one till I farked that up and trying to reinstall just ended up in GCC compiler errors over and over so I gave up.

tinfoil

'lo, am I the only Slacker?

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Pragma

I have used Slackware on occasion, but I seem to be running low on available hardware to experiment with new distros of Linux or BSD, so I stick with my favourites (OpenBSD and SuSE).

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Jolt

I recall messing with Linux 1.1.59 briefly on a friend's laptop back in '94
More recently, on my own machinery, I've experimented with various versions of Slackware, RedHat, Turbo, Suse, WinLinux, Caldera, Mandrake, and maybe Debian.
The Linux experience has certainly changed. I recall having to compile kernel in order to get half the hardware in a system to work...nowadays it's often the reverse; recompiling tends to completely b0rk the system.
I haven't kept a system running [Linnicks | Lyenicks ] for more than a couple weeks in quite some time...
Mostly I'm experimenting with compatibility, dual-boots, etc.

But for everyday use, I'm one of the many who have outgrown Linux and moved on to BSD.

Pragma

Agreed. I've found that BSD is much more simplistic (suits my uses) and tends to get the job done better than Linux, while Linux attempts to do everything in a grab for desktop dominance.

BSD is a server OS, and it does that very well. It also isn't that bad as a desktop OS, though that is not the primary purpose.

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seftarbell

My main OS is Mac OS X, but I run Linux on two PCs at home (Mandrake) and we use Linux at work for our servers (mix of Mandrake and RedHat).

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huuge65

Gentoo user here, I don't think I'll ever go back to those other distributions.

oblar

Slackware user here.. Have been for many years, although I currently have one system running Gentoo, and I wish to try a BSD system sometime.

will never go back to Mandrake or Redhat (or any other distro that uses rpm's heavily)

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NotSoSuperMario

I'm a Redhat man (9)

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Pennington

Debian user here. You just can't beat apt-get. If I feal like it, I'll get onto my slackware box, but not often. I like my hard to install, easy to use debian.

bullgoose

I'm using Libranet 2.0 (modified Debian). It's my everyday O.S. I just made the mistake of installing 512 Mb of PC-133 (for a total of 1 GB of RAM); that finished off WIN98; won't even boot anymore- I'm confused why ADDING RAM would cause a Microsoft product to kark, but I really don't care; no more "Evil Empire" on MY box; Linux only here.

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Pennington

Libranet is awsome for everyday use if you not already a master at Debian. Had it been around when I started, I would have picked it right away.

northx

I'm using gentoo on my xbox at the moment. Works really decent and even has VGA ouput.

If you're interested in linux on the xbox don't miss our project site at http://xbox-linux.sf.net/

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cliche

I use Mandrake, but it seems a bit bloaty. Anyone any good suggestions for others?

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bullgoose

I've also got Debian "Sarge" on another partition; and Knoppix on a third; oh, yeah, Redhat 9.0 lives on a fourth partition; I'm using (and loving) GRUB to keep the mess straight. Now that WIN98 has crapped out, I've got a 15Gb drive just looking for a UNIX-based O.S. BSD looks interesting.

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SecretMethod70

Sure you can. It's called portage. But I digress

Seriously though, that's what's great about Linux - a distro for everyone's tastes

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bullgoose

DEBIAN ROCKS!! Only people with tiny genitalia use any othe distro. apt/dpkg makes your dick grow i.e. apt-get install erection2.2.4.; next thing you know, instant Sequoia!!!

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Peetster

RH Linux9 on a Gateway Solo 450SX4. It's my 'every day' machine.

micah67

RH9/7.3 at home. RH and debian at work. Did a gentoo install but didn't stick with it.

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twister002

I'm running Mandrake 9.1 on 2 machines at home and RH 7 on my file server.

I tried installing Gentoo on one of my machines. Got X up and running, installed Fluxbox, decided to install KDE, typed "emerge kde".

2 and a half days later it was still "emerging kde". So I gave up and slapped Mandrake back on it.

I like the idea of Gentoo, custom compiled for my hardware, but I don't want to have to compile for a week.

giblfiz

I'm a Debian man myself, I did'nt realise that Gentoo had beomce *this* popular. seems like a pain in the ass to have to wait for everything to compile when you want to use it (but then I have big bandwith and wussy CPU) so I lean twords apt-get.

On a side note, I am a big fan of blackbox/fluxbox and I never really understood the alure of gnome or KDE. Why do people want to look like windows anyway?

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sub zero

Mandrake over red hat because redhat killed my computer (well...that's a long story made short).

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joebopp

I tried to install Gentoo and found out how little I really know about Linux .
I am using BeOS and like it .

extalin

beos!? what the hell...

i am a gentoo user. and now i am spoiled, don't think i will ever use any other linux distro again. if i was forced to switch i would probably go to freebsd.

extalin

the compile times are worth it (if you have a decent computer) since you escape from dependency hell and you gain customized programs (via USE variables) and a little speed, too.

cronopio

I use RH 9, with apt-get, which rocks.

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wagw1

I use Mandrake 9.1

froseph

Debian Sid, but I have FreeBSD 4.x, WinXP, BeOS and Red Hat 8 installed. I've Tried nearly every other major free distro out there (except slack. dunno why) but always end up back with debian. Apt get is great for package dependancies and it has nearly every package I want which is great for a lazy man like me. I couldn't stand gentoo's compile times coupled with things breaking and the extra speed was never worth it/noticible as I use fluxbox.
Currently I'm doing some linux from scratch stuff to make an embedded linux distro that suits my needs.

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Achernar

Tried it once; couldn't stand it. I stick with Debian or Red Hat, myself.

obediah

I like gentoo a lot, only have it on my main home pc because of the install time. As a person that get's more frustrated with all the bloat in each new Redhat/Mandrake release, I love the control. I'm also impressed that the compiles and installs work so smoothly.

hello.jpg

gentoo is cool, but make sure you use it on a fast machine though or else you will be compiling all day.

cheerios

OS X at home, RedHat on the PC, Solaris on the server at school, and Debian on the ACM server. I get around, I guess

7w17ch

gentoo is why the ladies all think im don juan.

its a sonofbitch to get running, but that first time you get your gui working right its like you just reached a higer plane of nirvana. after struggling w/ gentoo you can handle just about any frustrations. good learning experiance.

i had fedora, which is ok, i still useit as a firewall, but soon that will prolly go to freeBSD as i have heard and read wonderful things aobut it and neworking.