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eWeek: Gentoo, Linux? Yes, Sometimes

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“Gentoo is a Linux distribution that succeeds in striking a
balance between fine-grained configurability and ongoing
manageability.

“In contrast to popular Linux distributions such as Red Hat’s
Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Debian GNU/Linux that are delivered as
collections of precompiled binaries, Gentoo Linux users build the
software that makes up their Gentoo systems from source. In this
way, Gentoo preserves for administrators a broader range of
software configuration options, since many choices must be made at
compile time…”

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