linmagau: Gentoo Linux - Emerges Aug 4, 2003, 11 :30 UTC (22 Talkback[s]) (1 reads) (Other stories by Bill Kenworthy)
"According to some measures... Gentoo... is one of the most popular Linux distributions to appear in the last couple of years, and is fast catching up on the market leaders such as Red Hat in some spaces.
"The advantages that Gentoo can offer range from getting the maximum speed and usage from your hardware to having the latest packages available, all installed and running without too many hassles. In the early days, it was characterised as being a distribution for experts only, but continual development has seen many of the 'rough edges' removed so that, for general purposes, the average 'Joe Linux' enthusiast can install and set up a superior system in short order.
"First I would like to make the point that Gentoo is still not for everyone, and probably will never be. It is not aimed at the 'inexperienced user install' market segment that Mandrake cover very well, as Gentoo requires some basic skills and knowledge about Linux and the 'Linux Way' of doing things at the command line..."
