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Re:Linux Distributions that deserve more Love by wanda on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @08:06AM (#7056746)
Sad that Bedrock Linux is not on that list. Also, why bother with Sabayon over Gentoo? If configuring gentoo is too time-consuming just stick to arch or ubuntu/ubuntu derivative.
Re:Linux Distributions that deserve more Love by ParadigmComplex on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @02:40PM (#7059202)
Everything on that list is catagorized as "works-out-of-the-box" or "works mostly out of the box". My guess is the author has no interest in distributions like Bedrock Linux or Gentoo that require initial setup to get the ball rolling, even if the resulting system has benefits over the works-out-of-the-box crowd.
Re:Linux Distributions that deserve more Love by supergauntlet on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @01:13PM (#7058635)
Source-based distro where you can use binary packages unless you need to build from source? Sounds good to me.
Re:Linux Distributions that deserve more Love by ParadigmComplex on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @02:58PM (#7059297)
I'm not sure I'd describe Bedrock Linux quite like that.

Rather, the idea is that you can install packages from just about any other distribution, including things which are typically seen as mutually exclusive. The majority of the system can be comprised of packages from something known to be stable like Debian or CentOS, while still having easy access to things like packages from Arch (including Arch's AUR), retain extremely good library compatibility with popular Ubuntu for precompiled non-distro-provided things like proprietary software, and still get to leverage the flexibility tools like Gentoo's portage provides.

So, yes, you could use binary packages unless you need to build from source - Bedrock Linux can fit that design if you want it to work that way. That's a perfectly fine way to use it. But I would frame that as one of a number of ways to go about things, as the system is quite flexible.

Re:Linux Distributions that deserve more Love by supergauntlet on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @07:35PM (#7060866)
I was referring to Sabayon but sure.
Re:Linux Distributions that deserve more Love by ParadigmComplex on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @10:41PM (#7061525)
Ah, I misunderstood and feel silly. My apologies.
Re:Linux Distributions that deserve more Love by supergauntlet on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @04:17PM (#7066226)
Haha I just remembered that you're the primary maintainer of Bedrock. Very cool idea for a distro, much respect.