050523 askar wrote: -- long rambling history snipped (smile) -- > Gentoo, Slackware and LFS are all source based distros.
no: LFS is not a distro, but a form of education in Linux; Slackware is not source-based, tho' it is rather crude to outsiders; Gentoo is a source-based distro (there are a few others: Linux Weekly News has an excellent list of all known distros, incl those). > "if you need help with your Linux box, find a Slackware user. > A Slackware user is more likely to fix the problem > than a user familiar with any other distribution". Is it true? probably, but most Gentoo users wouldn't be able to answer reliably. > it seems most of current gentoo users had experience with other distro, > so they have rich experience in linux > and this help them to solve linux-generic problems. yes, there are often 'OT' queries about non-Gentoo matters here, which get quite lengthy responses from a number of users. but you do take your chances, if you submit one, & you may get complaints or simply be ignored, if you submit a lot. > Is it ok if I use emerge-like, apt-get-like comfortable tools? 'emerge' & 'apt-get' don't do the same things: if you use Gentoo, you will be using 'emerge' all the time, tho' you can install non-Gentoo pgms manually, if you wish ( ./configure make make-install : do it in /usr/local ). > In my case, I would like to learn linux as deep as possible. Gentoo is probably the best distro for you in that case, but if you have time to spare, you could try working thro' LFS. a good way to learn would be simply to goto www.gentoo.org/ & read all the documentation there carefully: there's really nothing better. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
