Re: [Sheflug] A New Linux Box

[Peter Humphrey <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 27 October 2008 11:34:33 Seb James wrote:

> If Tom wants to learn about the GNU/Linux build systems (Autotools and
> friends) and Gentoo's complex (and excellent) scripting system for
> automatically running those build tools, then he should install Gentoo
> Linux.
>
> If he wants to learn about Linux _system administration_, Gentoo would
> be a bad choice, as he'd spend lots of time working out why package X
> won't build, which would take time away from learning how to configure
> and run package X.
>
> For those who DO want to learn all the gory internal build/programming
> Linux details, I believe building a Linux From Scratch system is the way
> to go. In Gentoo, you spend loads of time learning the "Gentoo way",
> which muddies the water rather.

Points conceded...	:-(

-- 
Rgds
Peter

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