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I wouldn't recommend Gentoo for such a slow processor by Entropy Stew 03/05/2003, 2:50am PST I tend to use Gentoo for the desktop and Redhat for the servers. I wouldn't recommend slack as a desktop for the lack of a "real" package management system and slower development. I seem to remember something about Mandrake going out of business. I've never used Suse, so I can't comment. More about Gentoo: Cool, if it Just Worked. Too much stuff breaks too easily right now. I did, however, do an emerge world (pulls down all the updates for all your installed software, then compiles and installs it) over the weekend. 88 or so packages downloaded and compiled on my machine at work without a hitch. On the flip-side, my KDE install at home here is borked. The gentoo-modified kernel is also really nice for the desktop. Comes with all sorts of goodies that don't ship with the kernel (namely the preemptable kernel patch). -/ES/-

Building a Linux Desktop, need advice (DISTRO WAR!) by Senor Barborito 03/04/2003, 9:31pm PST     Install Plan 9 FOR MAXIMUM EDGY N/T NT by Zebco Fuckface 03/04/2003, 11:42pm PST         I want a useable desktrop NT by Senor Barborito 03/04/2003, 11:49pm PST     Re: Building a Linux Desktop, need advice (DISTRO WAR!) by Ray, of Light 03/05/2003, 12:20am PST         Problem by Senor Barborito 03/05/2003, 1:14am PST             SuSE by motherhead 03/05/2003, 2:44am PST             I wouldn't recommend Gentoo for such a slow processor by Entropy Stew 03/05/2003, 2:50am PST                 NetBSD gave me less greif than Gentoo. -nt- NT by Chairman Mao 03/05/2003, 3:03am PST                     It's the Daggerfall of Linux distros -nt- by Entropy Stew 03/05/2003, 3:20am PST             OMG RTFM HTH by Lufteufel 03/05/2003, 11:09pm PST     Why you should switch to linux by Entropy Stew 03/05/2003, 5:15pm PST