Re: GENTOO
  By: Ibanez to Angus McLeod on Mon Mar 17 2008 20:48:00

 >  > It would be foolish to suggest that Gentoo performs better because the
 >  > packages are compiled for the platform.  I can assure you, Slackware come
 >  > with a compiler too.
 > 
 > If I pulled my Gentoo drive from my Core2 Quad based system and you even tri
 > to run it on a Pentium 4, it would not work.

I hope I nevert have a system which, should the MB die, won;t boot up on 
any other configuration.

 > And you'd have to recompile the ENTIRE slackware distro to get the same effe
 > You're entire Gentoo system is compiled from those flags.

So what would be wrong with that?  If it becomes necessary to compile the 
entire distro, then you compile the entire distro.  Slackware comes with 
that option.  While the entire distro can be installed from pre-built 
binaries, but each and every component is also provided in source form, 
with a 'SlackBuild' script to compile them.  Set your options as needed 
and compile away!

Except, only those parts of the distro that you were using need to be 
compiled.  Or more correctly, only those parts from which you need extreme 
efficiency.  No need to compile the browser, for instance, if you are 
satisfied with the browser's performance.

And in the mean time, you can bring up a new Slackware box in what?  
Twenty minutes?

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