[Tfug] Got Sabayon running :)

[erich]

Well,
      There is a lot of trouble with xorg-server 1.1.1-r1 as far as I
can tell. Everytime
I see a bug I post on Gentoo Bugzilla.

      Xorg-x11 decided to go modular and has neglected legacy video
cards/systems.So far
I have been able to integrate it with only one of my machines that has a
relativly
new Nvidia AGP card.

      Criticism has been leveled at Gentoo. Critics say that they push
packages into
general use from testing status without adequate quality control.

                                                                       Erich



Jim March wrote:

>>>On 2/26/07, erich <erich1 at copper.net> wrote:I'm curious,
>>>      
>>>
>        What version of xorg-server do you have?
>
>Erich<<
>
>Danged if I know, and I can't find out.  Meant to post back to the list:
>Sabayon is far and away THE most unstable mess of a distro I've ever seen or
>heard of, at least on my rig :).
>
>Gawd.  Right around the second time that weekend it Chernobyled I gave up.
>
>Onwards and upwards...the perfect distro MUST exist :).  I'm trying the free
>version of Mandrake '07 at the moment.  Not half bad.  GREAT config tools at
>the GUI.  Apparantly it's a cleaned-up Fedora/Red Hat of some
>type...basically tries to be Ubuntu-ish but not starting from Debian.
>
>For those keeping track on my experiences to date:
>
>Ubuntu Dapper: not half bad, but out of date in a lot of areas, and some of
>the "pre-built updater kits" like EasyUbuntu or Automatix will hose you but
>good.  Based on Gnome 2.14 series code, which ain't good.
>
>Ubuntu Edgy: ye Gods...bit of a mess, that.
>
>OpenSuse 10.2: good, fairly modern, quite stable, package management is
>uuuugly and selection somewhat limited.
>
>Fedora Core 6: good, stable, modern, great package management (almost as
>good as .deb) but very bleeding edge and some auto-updates will break
>stuff.  Impossible to support newbies on...if it was just me I'd live with
>it.
>
>Sabayon (Gentoo core, cleaned up): run away quickly.  Throw the CDs in the
>microwave for 5 seconds just to make sure they won't plague anybody.  Ghaa.
>
>Mandrake Free '07: Impressive.  Clean installer, amazingly good yet clear
>GUI-based management tools...much like OpenSuse's "YaST" but with package
>management (and depth) on par with Fedora.  Downside: kernel is still in the
>2.6.17xx range...Gnome at 2.16 though.  I'm checking to see if kernel
>updates are available, will report back as I live with it for a while.
>
>I need something *I* can live with, yet so can a total noob.  Not at all
>easy to find but...we'll see.  I may play with Freespire too...dunno yet.
>
>Question: what other major, professional and stable distros are forked off
>of Debian?
>
>Jim
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