Levi Bard wrote:
> http://funroll-loops.org/
> For entertainment purposes only. No Gentoo users were harmed in the
> linking of this site.
Chad Perrin wrote:
> Pardon me. I only just now noticed this sitting in my inbox. I know
> I'm about a month and change late with this.
> That is HILARIOUS. I know just the Gentoo lover to send the link to:
> someone I've known since ninth grade, lo these many (many many) moods ago.
> s/moods/moons/
> I'm sure he'll have a cow.
It is the most _appropriate_ page I've ever seen.
We've had "ports" distros for years in da'Berks (BSDs). In fact, I'm
_glad_ we have a "ports" distro for Linux in Gentoo. If you read Daniel
Robbins (a very intelligent gentleman whom I hope to meet in person
someday) philosophy on the Gentoo page, it is _none_ of the non-sense
you see from countless Gentoo people:
http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml
"Ports" distros have their benefits. Especially for embedded and
small-footprint builds. With the creation of Gentoo, I have totally
eliminated any reason for using "Linux From Scratch" (LFS) when I need
to build an app-specific distro, or something with a small-footprint.
Unfortunately, some of the "kids" seem to come out of the woodwork.
They get all into it. The mod cars are a very _appropriate_ example in
comparison. Because it doesn't matter what anyone says, it's all about
the matching "attitude" they have.
An optimized, but stable "packages" distro like Fedora is like a
Corvette -- big, heavy, mainstream. Yeah, it's only built with "gcc
-O2". But packages are i486 ISA compatible, optimized for i686 (and P4
in FC3, which I do _not_ agree with, long story), and multimedia and
other apps are built with _all_ extensions. It's big, but it's got pure
torque.
Sure, the mod car is lighter and has all the bells and whistles. It's
built for street racing on a flat straight-away. But the Vette has got
the torque to do everything. And it's a lot more stable for the long
haul, built for any road, hill and drive.
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