Re: debian gnu vs. gentoo?

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:55:15 -0700, BlackTopBum wrote:

John Salerno said something like a ...

Hi everyone. I asked a while back about choosing a distribution and got
some great advice to consider. Now I think I've narrowed it down to
Debian GNU/Linux and Gentoo, and I was wondering if anyone can tell me
what some of the differences might be between the two. I have no real
way of knowing how to choose.

I like Gentoo because it's updated on the fly rather than doing the upgrade
treadmill every six plus months. Debian is *very* stable - read here:
http://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050606 and notice the software versions.
They are very slow to make changes ... even proud of their slow pace.
Gentoo, on the other hand, is more bleeding edge. I've put Gentoo on my old
Toshiba (circa 1997) - but DSL worked better on it given the laptop's aged
hardware.

Debian can be very stable. It can also be cutting edge - depending on
whether you run stable, unstable, or testing.

.

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