Gentoo Linux
will Probably
be Your Choice
Dani Iswara
daniiswara@gmail.com
http://daniiswara.net/
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I'm just
a user
a novice

Intro
Gentoo
Pronounced /ˈdʒɛntuː/
Pygoscelis papua :
Fastest swimming penguin

Gentoo OS
Source­based
Meta­distribution :
Extremely configurable
Choice of optimizations
Portable :
Many hardware architectures
Gentoo Linux/BSDs/Hurd, etc

Gentoo is different
Portage :
BSD ports­like system
Compile options :
Source­based / binary
USE flags
/etc/make.conf

Portage :
Gentoo's Package Management
Ebuilds :
scripts which download, patch,
compile, dependency handling
and install/uninstall packages
automatically – on­the­fly
Emerge packagename

Documentations
and Supports
Gentoo HandBook
Wiki
Gentoo Community :
Forum, IRC, bug reports, mail
lists, Planet Gentoo

Considerations
Fast
Optimized
Stable
Secure
Updated
but...
compilation time

Newbee's comments
Once is installed, next just
updated/upgraded on­the­fly
No need to reinstall/upgrade
every 6 months
Text­based, RTFM, web­based
knowledge are your friends too

Bleeding­edge or conservative?
It's up to you...
Dani Iswara
daniiswara@gmail.com
http://daniiswara.net/