Sluggish Mandrake WAS RE: [PLUG] Fedora change...

Jason Van Cleve jason at vancleve.com
Wed Nov 12 22:08:01 UTC 2003


Thus spoke Sasha Romanosky, on Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:37:14 -0800:

> I've been curious about Gentoo. I know nothing about it, aside from
> its debian like package management. Do you know this well enough to
> elaborate on its benefits?

A few things to begin with, if I may.

1. Nothing is installed automatically, except of course dependencies of the packages you install; and (as you've probably heard) everything is compiled, using your own optimizations (defined globally in /etc/make.conf).  So you get lean, speedy operation.

2. Updates are cake.

3. You can run pretty much any kernel you want, depending upon whether you want stability, speed, cutting-edge, etc.  Below is my output from "emerge -s sources", which should include all the kernels currently available through the portage system.

--Jason


[ Applications found : 40 ]
 
*  sys-kernel/aa-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.22-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 30,866 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for Andrea Arcangeli's Linux kernel

*  sys-kernel/ac-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.22-r4
      Latest version installed: 2.4.22-r4
      Size of downloaded files: 30,466 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for Alan Cox's Linux kernel

*  sys-kernel/alpha-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.21-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 29,522 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for the Gentoo Linux Alpha kernel

*  sys-kernel/arm-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.19-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 26,234 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.netwinder.org/ http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for the ARM/Linux kernel

*  sys-kernel/ck-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.22-r2
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 29,637 kB
      Homepage:    http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/kernel/
      Description: Full sources for the Stock Linux kernel Con Kolivas's high performance patchset

*  sys-kernel/compaq-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.9.32.7
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 2,491 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.redhat.com/ http://www.support.compaq.com/alpha-tools/redhat/
      Description: Kernel from the Compaq Distribution of Red Hat Linux (ALPHA).

*  sys-kernel/development-sources
      Latest version available: 2.6.0_beta9
      Latest version installed: 2.6.0_beta9
      Size of downloaded files: 32,465 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for the Development Branch of the Linux kernel

*  sys-kernel/gaming-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.20-r3
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 28,532 kB
      Homepage:    http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/kernel/
      Description: Full sources for the Gentoo gaming-optimized kernel

*  sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources
      Latest version available: 2.6.0_beta9
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 32,465 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for the development branch of the Linux kernel (2.6)

*  sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.20-r8
      Latest version installed: 2.4.20-r8
      Size of downloaded files: 30,816 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.gentoo.org/ http://www.kernel.org/
      Description: Full sources for the Gentoo Kernel.

*  sys-kernel/gentoo-test-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.22
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 30,928 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.gentoo.org/ http://www.kernel.org/
      Description: Full sources for the Gentoo Kernel.

*  sys-kernel/grsec-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.22.1.9.12
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 30,532 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.grsecurity.net
      Description: Vanilla sources of the linux kernel with the grsecurity 1.9.12 patch

*  sys-kernel/gs-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.23_pre8
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 32,413 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: This kernel stays up to date with current kernel -pres, with recent acpi,evms,win3lin ,futexes,aic79xx, superfreeswan,preempt/ll, and various hw fixes.

*  sys-kernel/hardened-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.22
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 31,368 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/
      Description: Special Security Hardened Gentoo Linux Kernel

*  sys-kernel/hppa-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.22_p13
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 29,542 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/ http://parisc-linux.org
      Description: Full sources for the Linux kernel with patch for hppa

*  sys-kernel/hppa-sources-dev [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.21_p10
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 28,995 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/ http://parisc-linux.org
      Description: Full sources for the Linux kernel with patch for hppa

*  sys-kernel/ia64-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.22
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 29,390 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.gentoo.org/ http://www.kernel.org/
      Description: Full sources for the Gentoo Kernel.

*  sys-kernel/mips-prepatch-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.22_rc2-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 33,054 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org http://www.linux-mips.org/
      Description: Linux-Mips CVS pre-patch sources for MIPS-based machines

*  sys-kernel/mips-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.22-r3
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 29,070 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.linux-mips.org/
      Description: Linux-Mips CVS sources for MIPS-based machines, dated 20031015

*  sys-kernel/mm-sources
      Latest version available: 2.6.0_beta9-r2
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 32,778 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for the development linux kernel with Andrew Morton's patchset

*  sys-kernel/mosix-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.20
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 27,008 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/ http://www.mosix.org/
      Description: Full sources for the Gentoo Mosix Linux kernel

*  sys-kernel/openmosix-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.22
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 29,083 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/ http://www.openmosix.org/
      Description: Full sources for the Gentoo openMosix Linux kernel

*  sys-kernel/pfeifer-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.20.1_pre11
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 30,823 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.gentoo.org/ http://www.kernel.org/
      Description: Full sources for the experimental Gentoo Kernel. Patches from here may move into sys-kernel/gentoo-sources

*  sys-kernel/planet-ccrma-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.21-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 26,931 kB
      Homepage:    http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/ http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.redhat.com/
      Description: Kernel source used in Planet CCRMA custom audio upgrade (based on RedHat)

*  sys-kernel/ppc-development-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.6.0_beta9-r3
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 32,775 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for the development linux kernel 2.6 with benh's patchset

*  sys-kernel/ppc-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.22-r2
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files:  [no/bad digest]
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/benh/
      Description: PowerPC kernel tree based on benh's patches, -r corresponds to ben{r} versioning

*  sys-kernel/ppc-sources-benh [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.22-r2
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 28,965 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/benh/
      Description: PowerPC kernel tree based on benh's patches, -r corresponds to ben{r} versioning

*  sys-kernel/ppc-sources-crypto [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.20
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 26,980 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.kerneli.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full cryptoapi enabled sources for the Gentoo Linux PPC kernel

*  sys-kernel/ppc-sources-dev [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.22
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 30,170 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full developmental sources for the Gentoo Linux PPC kernel - Experimental!

*  sys-kernel/redhat-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.20.2.48-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 37,771 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.redhat.com/
      Description: Kernel source tree used in Red Hat distributions (not supported by Red Hat)

*  sys-kernel/rsbac-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.20
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 27,237 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.rsbac.org
      Description: Rule Set Based Access Control (RSBAC) Kernel Patch

*  sys-kernel/selinux-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.21-r4
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 28,082 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.nsa.gov/selinux
      Description: LSM patched kernel with SELinux

*  sys-kernel/sparc-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.22
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 28,969 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for the Gentoo Sparc Linux kernel

*  sys-kernel/usermode-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.22
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 29,016 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net
      Description: Full (vanilla) sources for the User Mode Linux kernel

*  sys-kernel/vanilla-prepatch-sources [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 2.4.23_pre9
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 30,967 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for the prerelease vanilla Linux kernel

*  sys-kernel/vanilla-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.22
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 28,836 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for the Linux kernel

*  sys-kernel/win4lin-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.20-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 26,977 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for the linux kernel with win4lin support

*  sys-kernel/wolk-sources
      Latest version available: 4.9
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 37,713 kB
      Homepage:    http://wolk.sourceforge.net http://www.kernel.org
      Description: Working Overloaded Linux Kernel

*  sys-kernel/xfs-sources
      Latest version available: 2.4.20-r3
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 30,004 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.kernel.org/ http://www.gentoo.org/
      Description: Full sources for the XFS Specialized Gentoo Linux kernel




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