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MSRP $129.00
Released March, 2001
Pros
- Good looking
- Easy to use
- Stable. Yes, it can crash, but in my experience, it crashes far less often than any version of Windows.
Cons
- only works on Apple hardware
- Not as many applications/games available compared to Microsoft Windows
- Cannot be virtualized
Gentoo
25%
vs.
Apple Mac OS X
75%
MSRP $0.00
Released October, 2008
Pros
- Regular releases every 6 months
- Its FREE !
- 'One-Click' Software install and Removal
Cons
- Often ignored by hardware vendors when writing drivers.
- I have problem with openVPN client, it just need a little workaround which is not that easy for regular user
- Connecting through webdav with MS Windows is more stable than through Ubuntu, eventhough I did it through ubuntu, but not that easy for regular user
Gentoo
33%
vs.
Ubuntu
67%
MSRP --
Released --
Pros
- Good driver support - lots of drivers even for oblique and legacy hardware
- backwards compatible; very good gaming platform
- Stable
Cons
- Programs aren't isolated from one another, so one can take down the whole OS
- File system Fragments
- Poor security out of the box
Gentoo
38%
vs.
Microsoft Windows XP
62%
MSRP $0.00
Released August, 1993
Pros
- Rock solid, even unstable/sid
- Linux OS that has spawned more successful offspring than any other Linux OS
- Apt/Dpkg
are solid package management options
- Fantastic appserver platform
- PHP, OpenJDK, GCC, LLVM and more get solid testing support/SQA support
Gentoo
50%
vs.
Debian GNU/Linux
50%
MSRP $0.00
Released --
On the first day the distribution gods created SLS and Yggdrasil and saw that it was good. However, Patrick Volkerding became convinced it could be better, so he created the Slackware distribution in 1993. Slackware is the oldest living Linux distribution. Linux devotees feel a certain nostalgia for Slackware based on that fact alone....
Gentoo
100%
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Slackware: Standard-bearer for Old-school Linux
0%
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