arg gentoo :/ thinking of dropping it again

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Over the last few nights I've been setting up gentoo (stage3) as I had a few bugs on ubuntu and just really wanted to try gentoo as I used to use it as my main OS.

So after a few days of messing (hours of compiling) I have a openbox & gnome setup.

So far the problems I've ran into:
Compiz doesn't work fully, is slow and generally just messes stuff up (like window decoration).
The ATI drivers completely lost DRI and I have not been able to get it back, despite the X logs saying the system is running DRI and using the ATI OpenGL
My windows drive doesn't mount, I have setup my fstab and even compiled vfat and ntfs as modules and builtin. Both times results in "device already mounted or busy" check mtab and the partitions aren't mounted

I'm thinking of just dropping it (again) and going back to ubuntu or trying a new linux.
I'm thinking of trying archlinux or opensuse (or just putting ubuntu back on with a custom kernel).

I can remember gentoo took a while to setup back when I did my old stage1 installs, but I can't remember running into many problems back then (2002-2005) :(

The main thing I like about gentoo I guess is the kernel seems fast.
The reason I dropped it before was just because of long compile times :(
 
Well, this may not be of direct assistance to you but I got Gentoo + Compiz + nvidia card working fine first time. The key is to take it one at a time. Get the base system sorted (i.e. kernel, drivers etc), then get the graphics (this is often the hardest bit), and do Compiz last.

If you want NTFS support, ditch the kernel NTFS driver and use FUSE and NTFS-3G instead.

It's worth hunting around the Gentoo Forum and Wiki as a lot of these things have been covered there.
 
I've downloaded archlinux now :)

I had a look on the forums etc and it looks quite good. Hopefully will be better than gentoo.

I'm on the gentoo forum etc and was running it as my main OS for years, the mounting issue seems like something is blocking access to the drive somehow (as both vfat and ntfs don't mount) :( I've posted a thread on the gentoo forums about the DRI issue aswell, but no-one has been able to help me so far.

Compiz doesn't bother me too much as I'm probably going to be using openbox rather than gnome. It seemed to initialise ok, but all menu's had a massive border round them when using gnome decoration. When using emerald, stuff looked ok but nautilus showed up blank so I couldn't browse anything.
 
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Yes, Arch Linux is very similar to slackware, and it's very easy to install. Pacman is also a very good package manager. :) Unlike Gentoo you can get Arch Linux up and running with complete DE in less than 30 minutes (if you've got a fast internet connection). Check out the AUR as well, you will always (almost) find the newest packages you're looking for there.
 
I used to love slackware :)

I have archlinux up and running with openbox + extras already.
It seems a lot quicker than ubuntu aswell.

I have fglrx with direct rendering aswell :)
 
in my experience Arch and Gentoo are as fast as each other but day to day Arch just owns Gentoo in terms of keeping it simple (which is the arch aim) and just getting the job done.

optimise your make flags, compile a kernel from source and then compile every package from scratch and you'll notice another boost in performance.:p
 
Ah i like gentoo more (but then i did ditch my old x800gto2 as ati'a drivers for linux are just plane poor). Anyway the mounting issue could be from an incorrect shutdown in windows... (just a thought) which makes it hard for linux to mount the things :s (i had issues dual booting with my laptop a while back).

Ooo also compiz is pretty lame... (all these fancy effects get on my nerves)
 
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