[plug] Gentoo vs [insert ur fav distro here]

[Craig Ringer]

>>As for debian - things like KDE can take /forever/ to get updated even 
>>in sid.
> 
> It depends on your needs. 

Yep. And I was replying to a Gentoo user. Gentoo is pretty much the very 
definition of bleeding edge, and a slower update cycle (sometimes many 
months behind) might well matter.

> If you need a bleeding-edge machine, perhaps your statement is true, but
> if you only care if it works - I'm not a linux developer, I write
> web-software and I really just need my machine to stay up - you might
> find that keeping up with the Joneses is really not all that important.

Yep. Myself, I don't touch KDE or GNOME with a barge pole - I have a 
nice, simple, easily maintained desktop setup that "just works". I was 
using a slightly customised IceWM for a long time, but XFCE4 has 
impressed me enough that I'm using that as my standard desktop now.

Nonetheless, update cycles and such are an issue here, since he's 
considering moving from gentoo to debian. I can only assume that the 
goal is a precompiled copy of the bleeding edge, instead of having to 
recompile it himself every time.

Craig Ringer