[luau] NEWS: DistroWatch - Gentoo Linux 1.1a

[Warren Togami]

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/4149/1/

Gentoo Linux is a relative newcomer to the world of Linux distributions.
Rather than trying to be everything to everyone, this distro is tightly
targeted at software developers and network administrators, which means that
the new or even average Linux user may not be too interested in trying it
out.
You won't know Gentoo Linux 1.1a for its installer bells and whistles.
That's not expected after all, not for an audience that's more concerned
with what's going on under the hood than the flashy racing stripes and
spoiler. What you do get is a distribution built mostly from source code,
optimized to your personal specifications, and one killer tool for handling
compiles and development: Portage (a French word meaning "carrying," often
referring to carrying your canoe across a stretch of land before putting it
in the next stretch of water).

Portage is best described by the Gentoo Linux team, themselves: "Portage is
a true ports system in the tradition of BSD ports, but is Python-based and
sports a number of advanced features including dependencies, fine-grained
package management, "fake" (OpenBSD-style) installs, path sandboxing, safe
unmerging, system profiles, virtual packages, config file management, and
more."

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