Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 21, 2006 11:48 PM
I agree; I run Ubuntu Breezy on an Apple PowerBook G3/400MHz w/ 256MB DRAM. It's actually quite nice and gave this laptop a new lease on life (OS X was *not* on my list of choices).
That said, nothing except maybe LFS can beat a Gentoo Stage 1 install for speed, once it's up. It is faaaaaaaast. Slackware and VectorLinux, however, are also very good that way. But Gentoo is, for sure, not for the typical Windows user, and it's because the "typical Windows user" refuses to think a little bit; they 'd have just as much of a problem with Slackware or Vector (probably Ubuntu, too, come to think of it!).
Here's my rough working guide for being able to recommend Gentoo to someone: if you can figure out how to install FreeBSD 5.x with KDE/GNOME and OpenOffice.org, you'll have little trouble with Gentoo...and you'll like it. If not, you'll likely experience some frustration while you learn several new concepts (NOT a bad thing), but when you're done and you've learned, you'll be glad that you did.
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Re:Ubuntu Slow?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 21, 2006 11:48 PMThat said, nothing except maybe LFS can beat a Gentoo Stage 1 install for speed, once it's up. It is faaaaaaaast. Slackware and VectorLinux, however, are also very good that way. But Gentoo is, for sure, not for the typical Windows user, and it's because the "typical Windows user" refuses to think a little bit; they 'd have just as much of a problem with Slackware or Vector (probably Ubuntu, too, come to think of it!).
Here's my rough working guide for being able to recommend Gentoo to someone: if you can figure out how to install FreeBSD 5.x with KDE/GNOME and OpenOffice.org, you'll have little trouble with Gentoo...and you'll like it. If not, you'll likely experience some frustration while you learn several new concepts (NOT a bad thing), but when you're done and you've learned, you'll be glad that you did.
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