Well I ran gentoo back before it was even 1.0. I've kept track of it over that last year (running redhat myself since I administer all redhat machines), and it has progressed nicley. My roomate swears by gentoo. My biggest problem with gentoo is having to compile everything. Now for most things, I don't mind compiling, however something like XFree or Mozilla, on a slower machine (even a faster one), you will be compiling for days (fortunately I have access to a quad xeon which makes compiling a ton faster). As far as the portage system goes, I believe there is now a way to distinguish whether you want bleeding edge, less bleeding edge, or stable. I actually loved the portage system (and wish redhat had something similar). I'd say try it and see if it suits you. If not, you can always try something else. Chuck On 2003.04.15 14:18 Marc Hughes wrote:

What's people's experience with gentoo? I'm thinking of upgrading one of my boxes to it in the near future. This is a box I really mess around

with, so how bleeding edge can I get? Is it easy to keep some packages at stable releases, and some at unstable, or is it more of an all or nothing thing? I guess what I want is, a way of trying the newest stuff, but an easy way of going back to stable when I'm horrified with how buggy the

newest stuff is.

Also... for the stable releases... how secure has the distro been as a

whole?

Comments, horror stories, massive praise?

-Marc

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