Slackware 8.1 experiences

[Collins]

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:09:37 -0700 Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com>
wrote:
> Collins wrote:
> 
> >Good luck with Slack.  
> >
> >  
> >
> Thanks.
> 
> I have 2 cdroms , one a dvd, and one a cd-rw. The dvd is hooked up
> for music cds, but I can't seem to make it work in Slack yet.
> 
> I may give gentoo a try after hearing you raving lately about it.
> 

There is no perfect distro, but I really like gentoo.  You have to put
in some hard compile time, and you have to get used to a different
install method and unique boot scripts, but it's really the only way
for me.

I did a reinstall in January just to check out the install process
again, but other than that there was no need.  You just install the
upgrades as they come at your leisure.  You just do "emerge rsync" and
then "emerge -pu world" every couple of weeks to see what's new for
your specific install base.  Install upgrades while you surf and mail.

Dan Robbins keeps saying that he doesn't recommend it yet for a server
environment, but I don't see why not.  It's more stable that anything
I've ever used.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD?
gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.18+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla