Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On a 'sort of' related note.
I've been thinking about giving Gentoo a go
It is really worth the additional hassle (if there is any)
Installation is a little bit "unrefined" if you go for it make sure you read the docs through at least once before you start, and when installing make sure you read each step through before actually doing what it says.
Are there really any speed improvements or are they subjective
Possibly, If feels faster than Redhat which I have on my work PC but about the same as Debian which was on the same PC, it may be a little faster but don't expect anything incredibly dramatic. As yet I havn't taken any benchmarks, and there are situations where trying to over-optimise a package could make it run slower.
How recent is everything, and can anyone explain the package management system (or whatever the equivalent is) briefly.
Things are fairly recent, some packages are a bit have been superseeded by newer versions in a few cases but nothing appears to be so new that it would cause major problems and nothing seems to be so old that it would be archaic.
Adam