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Rebuilding my computers... again

September 19, 2007 | No Comments Posted

The thing I like about Linux is that for the most part it's stable...

...for the most part.

But when my distro breaks it breaks hard. It breaks long, and it breaks fast. THis leaves me just trying new install methods 99% of my install time. Fact is I use a from source distro called Gentoo that I love. It's a nice and stable distro that really only gives me what I want and need on my laptop and desktop.

It's just when you start updating crap it starts busting on you somewhat.

But then again I don't mind redoing my install from time to time to get better performance or to mess with the file systems to get a more efficient partition structure. The laptop really doesn't need that complex of one. Just root, portage, and home. The Desktop I'm adding more as I have a shit load of space there.

I really need to just get a basic install done and then get a nice image of one of the drives done. Or both. Put them on a DVD and then go from there. Then all I have to do is get the parts right then copy paste. Straight copy is not that hard.