[quote:cdb53132d3][i:cdb53132d3]Originally posted by craftyc [/i:cdb53132d3]
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But you learn nothing about Linux. That is one of the reasons I like Gentoo. There is no hand holding during the installation (although the installation guide is *the* best I have ever seen). You learn a lot about what actually happens during an installation, you configure your own kernel, it's all pretty funky really. [/quote:cdb53132d3]
Save that I dont want to start a flame war here but when one installs Slackware and runs it He/She learns lots of things !
1- You will have to recompile your kernel . Slackware wont give you new precompiled kernels
2- You will have to configure basic networks/firewall etc
3- You will mostly compile your programs and that will teach you a lot about linux
<rant>
Now about Gentoo
Yes you get the system up running by hand but you just emerge foo then it compiles/installs you doont hack configure / Makefiles ( which I done several times on slackware ) . You dont use optional configurations for compilation ( which is mostly useful and needed ) . Other than that gentoo is cool.
