mmm...I see what you mean. After glancing at the gentoo philosophy it seems like it's mainly about being compatible with a bunch of software which mint already is. My bad.BigEasy wrote:I so lazy to check what distrowatch saying about gentoo, but I know that gentoo.org say different.
Which distro is best for IT/CS person
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Re: Which distro is best for IT/CS person
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Re: Which distro is best for IT/CS person
Gentoo is for those who want and can construct system for themselves from sources.
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Re: Which distro is best for IT/CS person
Well so is Arch then no? Which leads to asking why someone would choose Arch over Gentoo and vice-versa. (aside from the fact that Arch has a lot more documentation)BigEasy wrote:Gentoo is for those who want and can construct system for themselves from sources.
Re: Which distro is best for IT/CS person
Because of personal preference, or what best suited their needs at the time, or what DVD they happened to have laying around when they wanted to install a Linuxcoder123 wrote:Which leads to asking why someone would choose Arch over Gentoo and vice-versa.
The Arch wiki has an article comparing Arch with other distros to give you some ideas. See here for Gentoo: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar ... ntoo_Linux
Re: Which distro is best for IT/CS person
Oh ok yeah that makes sense. You would choose one over the other based on advanced specifics.xenopeek wrote:Because of personal preference, or what best suited their needs at the time, or what DVD they happened to have laying around when they wanted to install a Linuxcoder123 wrote:Which leads to asking why someone would choose Arch over Gentoo and vice-versa.
The Arch wiki has an article comparing Arch with other distros to give you some ideas. See here for Gentoo: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar ... ntoo_Linux