[nzlug] Kernel squared

[Jim Cheetham]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 09:16:36AM +1200, Dirk Pilat wrote:
> Why do people then still choose a distro like Gentoo? Is it just for the  

"Because they can" :-)
Some people enjoy building things up from scratch; some people like
pre-built stuff.

Look at the flat-pack furniture market; you could buy a fully crafted
bookcase; you could make a flat-pack bookcase; or you could chop down a
tree and start there ...

It's a good learning experience; although I've heard people say that the
"Linux from Scratch" model is better to learn from than Gentoo.

It's also a good way to get in-depth understanding of the internals of
everything; Gentoo's documentation on how to get something working is
often the most detailed, especially when it concerns integrating a
couple of products.

http://funroll-loops.org/ has the ... opposite view

-jim