Gentoo Fans utb RE: Red Hat and product lifespan

[Brian D]

Well if you have no time to learn linux then 
gentoo and debian are not the distros for you.
Better to get a distro that holds your hand
(RH,Mandrake,SuSE) and learn bit by bit. There's
plenty of opportunity to learn Linux with one of these
distros. Gentoo and debian are more likely to
overwhelm you.

Brian
--- lerninlinux at comcast.net wrote:
> I have been messing with different distros and would
> like to try Gentoo, as I think it might help me
> learn better.  I was wondering what speeds of
> machines you all compile (and run if compile on
> other machine) it on; cpu and mem size vs time.  I
> have 3 reasonably fast machines and 4 or 5 slow
> ones.  Eventually I would like Linux with an
> encrypted filesystem on my laptop/desknote as I need
> to worry about data security with a possible job. 
> Linux has been serving me well this past year, but I
> am really unhappy with how slow I feel I am
> learning, not enough time in the day with multiple
> jobs and 7 day a week work schedule.  That's why you
> see me virtually instead of at the meetings!
> 
> Thanks all
> Randal
> 
> 
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