Re: GENTOO
  By: Moon Raker to Angus McLeod on Sun Feb 18 2007 09:13:00

 >      I was told Gentoo was more advanced then any form of Linux is this true
 > It took me awhile to learn.  And yes, more then one attempt to install.  But
 > after a few times of installing it you get used to it.  i learned more from
 > Gentoo then I did Red Hat.  Also there isn't anything about Gentoo that isn'
 > covered on the web.  They have great Wiki's to help you get started and  goo
 > help in IRC.  I used to take 2 monitors side by side and just read about how
 > get stuff working better then printing manuals.

I wish there wasn't "anything about Gentoo that isn't covered on the
web"  I've
found a few things that weren't here & there..and that's a pain! (Although..
certainly not the "fault" of Gentoo.. since it's often individual package
documentation.)

It is an extremely well-documented distro.

The only "distro" that might teach you more about Linux would
probably be LFS. 
Using Gentoo shows you a lot of the nitty-gritty that makes the system work..
and when you begin to understand that, it makes administration much easier.  It
also helps you better undderstand the binary distros and how they work.

The guy that runs the BBS I posted this from (bbs.castrovalva.org) turned me on
to Gentooo some time ago. I can't remember how long.

I built two more Gentoo boxes at work this week, my desktops at home & work are
Gentoo, and now nearly half of the *NIX boxen in my data centre are Gentoo.
I'm certainly a fan. :)  I've made some converts from Debian, Red Hat, and
uBuntu since I started my job!

--Heebie

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