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[nycphp-talk] gentoo (vs) fedora

Ajai Khattri ajai at bitblit.net
Mon Mar 21 16:06:51 EST 2005


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Mitch Pirtle wrote:

> Ubuntu is Debian-based, and Gentoo is completely different (based on
> ports, more like a linux-*bsd hybrid).

The only similarity is that FreeBSD and Gentoo both build from source - 
apart from that they are different beasts. Gentoo (IMHO) has a better 
package system than ports.

If you are a power user concerned about long-term maintenance, I would 
argue that Gentoo is a better way to go.


-- 
Aj.




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