Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 21, 2006 11:50 PM
Since your pc is so slow, it takes so long to compile the packages from source. When you update your installation, it's an endless wait. I have a PIII 500mhz, 256m ram old pc at home. I tried to use gentoo but eventually gave up. I can not afford serveral hours waiting for a slight speed difference when it is running. Also tried untuntu. Yes, it's slow on old systems. Now, I have slackware 10.2 running on my old pc. It's always running in text mode. This is the best I can get. It's fast, easy to use/maintain and very very stable. No compaints for slackware.
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to run gentoo on a slow pc is a mistake
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 21, 2006 11:50 PM#