Optimizing Gentoo

Of all the distributions that a new user could actually install themselves Gentoo is quickly becoming regarded as the most code-optimized and versatile. Because of Portage, its clever package manager which compiles source code into packages, it offers machine-specific settings in a semi-friendly way. I’m not going to use the phrase “user-friendly” to describe any Linux distribution (except maybe Linspire) because Linux is hard at a pretty fundamental level, but if you’re going to run a fast Linux machine and embedded Perl doesn’t happen to be your native language, then Gentoo is as close as you or I will get.

The Linux Blog has a two-part article on optimizing Gentoo that’s worth a read. I’ve yet to install Gentoo on my laptop, but one of these days I’ll get around to it and I’ll write about it in detail for you. Until then, check out Optimizing Gentoo and Optimizing Gentoo (Part 2)