Jousting with Gentoo - is Sabayon a good alternative for the weak of mind?

[ted leslie]

i ran it for a bit, didnt find it any faster then a normal ubuntu install,
and i have since settled on mint, as it is ubuntu-that-works, with all the fixings (multimedia plugins).

sabayon had the most slick, most professional install procedure i have ever seen.

if you like the gentoo flavour, id say its the contender.
i only ran it for about a week, and found it about on par with sidux (my distro of choice at the time)
 as far as work to get all multimedia running, 
which is why i then tried out mint, and then, like anyone else trying mint, that is kinda the holy grail and you stop your search.
(only downside is you have to wait 5-6 weeks for the 64bit version to come out after the corresponding ubuntu is released, but 
you get benefit of all the reported fixes)

tl



On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:57:42 -0200
Renata Rocha <natzilla-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 15:39, tug williams <tug.williams-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have experience with Sabayon?
> >
> > Is it a way of getting a workable, maintained gentoo environment, but
> > still allowing me to experiment with parts of my system should I get the
> > urge?
> 
> I'm a Gentoo-fan, deep into -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer
> optimizations, but I'm oldschool, didn't knew this Sabayon - would
> certainly give it a try, Gnome-flavoured :)
> 
> I enjoyed my Funtoo installation a lot, also. But it's not
> desktop-driven as this one.
> 
> Someday I'll try linux from scratch - with a bottle of good wine, and
> hope it works.
> 
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