Linux Update
So, I finally made the big switch to Gentoo last weekend, and I’ve been incredibly pleased. I didn’t really expect to be, as I have installed it before with less impressive results, but it has performed very nicely.
A whole bunch of real losers use Gentoo because they think they can tweak a few extra bits of performance out of their systems by compiling everything custom with optimizations. The way I see it, you should get to know Linux on SuSE or Fedora, then move to Slackware to learn Linux. Once you have farted around enough with compiling by hand to get dependencies, Gentoo is a logical step. You still have the system control of Slackware, but portage handles your dependencies and configuration aspects.
Naturally, Gentoo is not time-efficient in terms of getting your packages installed instantly, but if you’re essentially dealing with a hobby computer it is a very appealing system to use.
Anyway… to sleep.