Comments on: Why I Use Gentoo Linux http://www.aexoden.com/blog/2006/11/28/why-i-use-gentoo-linux/ Science, Technology, the Internet, and More... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:48:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bits by Ben : Why Gentoo? http://www.aexoden.com/blog/2006/11/28/why-i-use-gentoo-linux/#comment-4012 Bits by Ben : Why Gentoo? Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:40:21 +0000 http://www.aexoden.com/blog/2006/11/28/why-i-use-gentoo-linux/#comment-4012 [...] Jason Lynch [...] [...] Jason Lynch [...]

]]> By: Penultimate Reality » Blog Archive » My Laptop Now Runs Ubuntu http://www.aexoden.com/blog/2006/11/28/why-i-use-gentoo-linux/#comment-3003 Penultimate Reality » Blog Archive » My Laptop Now Runs Ubuntu Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:01:31 +0000 http://www.aexoden.com/blog/2006/11/28/why-i-use-gentoo-linux/#comment-3003 [...] of any real reasons to keep it running Gentoo, other than the reasons stated in my popular post on why I use Gentoo. So, I suppose I’ll transition it at some point, perhaps. But perhaps [...] [...] of any real reasons to keep it running Gentoo, other than the reasons stated in my popular post on why I use Gentoo. So, I suppose I’ll transition it at some point, perhaps. But perhaps [...]

]]> By: Jason Lynch http://www.aexoden.com/blog/2006/11/28/why-i-use-gentoo-linux/#comment-671 Jason Lynch Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:47:02 +0000 http://www.aexoden.com/blog/2006/11/28/why-i-use-gentoo-linux/#comment-671 Well, there is similar functionality, I guess. But basically, it's still the same things I mentioned in the article. On Debian-based systems you can use debfoster to produce a similar effect, and newer Ubuntu systems or even Debian might have better functionality in this regard--I haven't tried. Also, aptitude can keep track of this kind of thing. With Arch Linux, I think you have to use a special option to remove unused dependencies when you uninstall a package. If you later want to "clean out" like depclean does, you have to get a list of orphans from pacman and remove them by hand or script or whatever. It's doable, but depclean is still simpler. I haven't really used any Red Hat system enough to know what the various options are. Well, there is similar functionality, I guess. But basically, it’s still the same things I mentioned in the article. On Debian-based systems you can use debfoster to produce a similar effect, and newer Ubuntu systems or even Debian might have better functionality in this regard–I haven’t tried. Also, aptitude can keep track of this kind of thing.

With Arch Linux, I think you have to use a special option to remove unused dependencies when you uninstall a package. If you later want to “clean out” like depclean does, you have to get a list of orphans from pacman and remove them by hand or script or whatever. It’s doable, but depclean is still simpler.

I haven’t really used any Red Hat system enough to know what the various options are.

]]> By: Rafal http://www.aexoden.com/blog/2006/11/28/why-i-use-gentoo-linux/#comment-652 Rafal Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:37:50 +0000 http://www.aexoden.com/blog/2006/11/28/why-i-use-gentoo-linux/#comment-652 Nice article. I woud like to switch from Gentoo to another distro(Gentoo its so time consuming), but there're some things in Gentoo, that I can't live without:). For example: is there something like emerge --depclean in other distros. I can't find anything good enough. Nice article.
I woud like to switch from Gentoo to another distro(Gentoo its so time consuming), but there’re some things in Gentoo, that I can’t live without:). For example: is there something like emerge –depclean in other distros. I can’t find anything good enough.

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