Re: [microsound] Gentoo for MacOS

[Alex Young <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20 Jul 2004, at 04:31, Niklas Werner wrote:
> Gentoo is a highly configurable Linux distribution, THE choice for
> slightly more advanced users, I might dare to state.
>  It gives you an
> unprecedented control over your system, optimising the software for 
> your
> specific setup, allowing you to define precisely what goes into the
> system and what not.

Practically all Linux distributions let you do this, and I think what 
you're
saying sounds a bit like the distribution defines the behaviour of the
end user.  The only difference with Gentoo and most distributions
is that it adopted a ports system like FreeBSD uses.  I'm an
'advanced user', and I've always used Debian primarily.  I still have
Debian installations from 5 years ago that are up to date and in
perfect working order!

What I find funny is that a lot of people go to all the trouble of 
building
their software with Gentoo (which would take days on my system)
for a performance gain then don't realise they're not even using the
correct driver for their IDE devices, or they haven't set DMA on them
- learning to build kernels suitable for the designated system can
really help improve performance.

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