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Subject: Re: Linux is a PIRATED VERSIOn of UNIX

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 17:04:15 06/19/03

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On June 19, 2003 at 12:41:04, Dan Andersson wrote:

> Red Hat, SuSE and Mandrake are certainly the most easy to use all round
>Linuxes. But they are hardy the 'best'. Slackware, Gentus and Motherboard vendor
>linuxes are usually the top performers. I used ABit Gentoo Linux until they
>discontinued it. It was a Linux install that had optimized kernel and drivers
>for all ABit motheboard and processor combinations. Now I have Gentus and
>CollegeLinux. Gentus is a build from sources install that lets you optimize
>everything. And CollegeLinux is a complete Desktop solution. It has everything
>you need to handle office and schoolwork from home.

I'm a little confused, because there is a gentoo linux available
(http://www.gentoo.org/), and it sounds a lot like the gentus you describe (you
compile everything, optimized for specific hardware, etc.).



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