Re: FN-FORUM: 'best' linux distro for windows networks

date posted 14th January 2004 14:03

James wrote:
> Isn't Gentoo the one where you compile
> the packages as you install them? Might take a long time on a PII...
> Having said that I was considering Gentoo for my system, but I still
> think Mandrake is a superb starting point.

Yeah, it will take bloomin ages to build anything on a P2, but if you have
another PC (or more) you can run distcc (on Linux or cygwin) and share the
load. For a low end machine the best thing about Gentoo isn't what you gain
in terms of optimised code, but in what you don't get in terms of
unnecessary bloat (MDK is a bit of a kitchen sink distro)


Rick

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