Larry the Cow is cool...and I think that is Undisputed! Chris On Monday 22 April 2002 11:59 pm, you wrote: > --- Tony Wasson wrote: > > While I haven't installed Gentoo yet, I'll shoot > > from the hip with my 5-ish > > years of experience with debian. > > > > With debian, you can run servers as 'stable' and get > > solid, mostly no-fuss > > installation of many programs. Dependencies are > > usually worked out for you > > and as long as everything you need (it might be old) > > is in the stable > > stream, it's quite easy. > > Downside of debian: If you want cutting edge stuff, > > you will need to mess > > with the packaging system and may be frustrated. > > Even 'unstable' isn't > > always cutting edge, > > read-about-it-on-freshmeat-this-morning. > > > > I see gentoo being awesome for someone who 1) has a > > clue, 2) likes control > > over their systems 3) has time to compile > > everything. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Cowan" > > To: > > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:04 AM > > Subject: Re: Gentoo rocks -> Debian vs. Gentoo > > > > > uh... > > > > > > apt-get update > > > apt-cache search > > > apt-get install > > > > > > how much easier do you want it? > > > > > > Chris > > Err maybe ease of use isn't the point I should have > been stressing. Like Tony said even debians unstable > branch seems a little too dated. That's actually the > main reason I switched to gentoo. I didn't want to > wait for the 4.2.0 debian package, and my video card > wasn't supported in 4.1.1 (which was the newest > version available at the time if I remember right). > > Plus I think "Larry the Cow" is a better mascot than > that little debian swirl thing ;). > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more > http://games.yahoo.com/ > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss