My first time to use Gentoo is a special release customized for my Compaq X1000 laptop. The release of Gentoo can not only enable all functions of the laptop including Power Saver, PCIMA, Video card, Modem and so on, but run in an amazing speed. At that time, Gentoo was my only operating system on the laptop, and brought me a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the release was not update any more, and X1000 forum was isolated. However, Gentoo’s performance and functionality give me a strong image.
By the end of semester, as we’ve got tons of assignments, and should concentrate on dissertation, there was no time to spend too much time on configuring and adjusting Gentoo. On the other hand, as a guy recommended me Ubuntu for it’s easy to use, I changed to use Ubuntu.
After campus life, we dropped down to ‘real world’. As the consequence, Linux (Ubuntu and Gentoo) is far away from my world.
Luckily enough, current job gives me a chance to study Linux. After several months of swimming in Ubuntu, I start to miss Gentoo because of its performance, even though Ubuntu is probably the most widely used distribution in these day. As I realise that the procedure must be difficult and time-consuming. But to get advance performance, and enlarge my view, of Linux it’s worthy to go for it. I’d like to conclude my experience of installation and configuration of Gentoo regularly. Hopefully, I can work out a Gentoo for my old laptop finally.
Here is a comparison between Ubuntu and Gentoo from My first time to use Gentoo is a special release customized for my Compaq X1000 laptop. The release of Gentoo can not only enable all functions of the laptop including Power Saver, PCIMA, Video card, Modem and so on, but run in an amazing speed. At that time, Gentoo was my only operating system on the laptop, and brought me a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the release is not update any more, and X1000 forum was isolated. However, Gentoo’s performance and functionality give me a strong image.
By the end of semester, as we’ve got tons of assignments, and should concentrate on dissertation, there was no time to spend too much time on configuring and adjusting Gentoo. On the other hand, as a guy recommended me Ubuntu for it’s easy to use, I changed to use Ubuntu.
After campus life, we dropped down to ‘real world’. As the consequence, Linux (Ubuntu and Gentoo) is far away from my world.
Luckily enough, current job gives me a chance to study Linux. After several months of swimming in Ubuntu, I start to miss Gentoo because of its performance, even though Ubuntu is probably the most widely used distribution in these day. As I realise that the procedure must be difficult and time-consuming. But to get advance performance, and enlarge my view, of Linux it’s worthy to go for it. I’d like to conclude my experience of installation and configuration of Gentoo regularly. Hopefully, I can work out a Gentoo for my old laptop finally.
Here is a comparison between Ubuntu and Gentoo from a variety of aspects.
http://polishlinux.org/choose/comparison?distro1=Gentoo&distro2=Ubuntu
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