The Gentoo installation is progressing slowly on my 333 MHz K6-2, but things are going well. I had some initial trouble getting going because I was trying to install Gentoo 1.4rc4--that's the version I already had a CD for. After grabing the 1.4 (final) version, thing have gone quite smoothly.
My computer has been compiling for over 24 hours solid now. I'm looking forward to my super-optimized Linux box! I can't wait to see how fast (or slow) Gnome will be. What would really be entertaining is to install Fedora on that box and do some performance comparisons.
Somehow I feel more powerful using Gentoo...I'm not sure why, I just do.
Posted by enigma at February 28, 2004 10:48 PMI can't imagine doing it on a K6, but I am happy you are going for it.
There is something more powerful, because its raw, simply linux. Gentoo put the fun back into Linux for me.
But perhaps sometimes its too much fun... It begs to be tweaked, and that is time consuming ;)
The best thing, is always having the latest stuff. Never tracking down rpms, and a community that seems to have a lot of energy (I like the weekly newsletter). I added the fresh ebuilds rss to my reader, and now I can monitor new packages and see if I need to emerge sync and update world.
Posted by: hystrix at February 29, 2004 10:46 PM