[olug] Debian

[Nathan D. Rotschafer]

Actually that is incorrect now.  If you use a normal platform (AthlonXP, P3,
P4 etc), then you can have it installed and working in only about 4 hours
(depends on the hd speed, cd speed and time it takes you to compile a
kernel).  How you ask.  It is called GRP (Gentoo Reference Platform).  GRP
lets you use binary packages (much like debian) for an install, then you can
upgrade and compile from source anything on the system you want to.  The
only downside is that they use the "safe" optimizations for the platform so
it may not be the most speed helpful but it will be more stable.  If you
need or want more info drop me a line.

Nate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert A. Jacobs" <r.a.jacobs at cox.net>
To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] Debian


> On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 17:28, Brandon Lederer wrote:
> > Gentoo Shines above all of them.  You get fairly bleeding edge, and a
decently
> > stable system.  Rather you get to CHOOSE the version you WANT to have.
Have
> > problems, upgrade to a NEWER OR OLDER version of that software, that
fixes
> > the bug.
> >
> Yeah...and it only takes a 3-day weekend to install.  :)
>
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