[Tfug] Gentoo and Sabayon...*maybe* what I need?

[erich]

Well,
      I notice that Sabayon, (the Linux distro), has bills to pay so
let's all open our wallets. What the heck. Let's have another Linux
distro the more the merrier :-)

                                                                     Erich

Jim March wrote:

>Ummm...yeah, I do definately know what I'm talking about :).
>
>http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/about.xml
>
>That's the "about" page for Gentoo.  It's a distro.  It's an OLD distro in
>fact...only thing weird is, you can choose to start with either a Linux or
>FreeBSD base.  It then adds user interface and package management stuff on
>top of either core.
>
>It's the core of one of the major "families" the way Red Hat is core to the
>RPM world and Debian is core to DEB.  It's more of a "deep geek" distro
>needing major configuration, sort of like Slackware.
>
>Sabayon is a Gentoo (Linux, not FreeBSD) fork focusing on graphics
>compatibility and quicker setup, but once built is closer to a good working
>Gentoo state than Ubuntu is to Debian.  Sayabon can always work with Gentoo
>packages, while Ubuntu sometimes pukes on plain .deb stuff meant for Debian.
>
>http://www.sabayonlinux.org/
>
>It's based in Italy so they include Libdvdcss and the like right from the
>get-go, and they're the official development distro for Beryl.
>
>So...I guess nobody's played with it yet?
>
>The real "killer app" for me is the ability to demo a 3D desktop on this
>ancient laptop o' mine...if I can do THAT...oh yeah.  And I've been meaning
>to dive into KDE anyways...
>
>At a minimum I'm going to download a DVD ISO and play with it in live boot.
>It it makes my video Beryl-compatible, so long Fedora Core 6, I'll be
>playing with this next :).
>
>Jim
>
>On 2/20/07, Stephen Hooper <stephen.hooper at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>app-misc/gentoo
>>      Latest version available: 0.11.55
>>      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
>>      Size of files: 1,362 kB
>>      Homepage:      http://www.obsession.se/gentoo/
>>      Description:   A modern GTK+ based filemanager for any WM
>>      License:       GPL-2
>>
>>It looks like Gentoo is "A modern GTK+ based filemanager for any WM",
>>and not a distribution.
>>
>>Are you sure you know what you are talking about?  }:)
>>
>>On 2/20/07, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>Ummm...huh?
>>>
>>>Sabayon is a complete distro forked off of Gentoo...not an
>>>      
>>>
>>application...
>>    
>>
>>>Jim
>>>
>>>      
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