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z3bra
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Note that I've never used gentoo before, but I'm an "Advanced" crux user.

With those two distros (which are both source-based) you're only comparing the package management system. AFAIK, gentoo is oriented towards easily configuring your packages, while crux is more about simplifying the packaging process itself.

On gentoo, you have a huge package base available, and you change the compilation flags system-wide so that you always compile them with your own compile flags.

On crux, creating package recipes (Pkgfiles) is extremely easy. The simplest format would just be:

Code:
name=foo
version=1.0.0
source=http://domain.tld/source/$name-$version.tar.gz

build() {
    cd $name-$version
    make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=$PKG install
}

Needless to say it only takes a few minutes (seconds?) to package a new software.
the problem is that if a Pkgfile doesn't suits your needs, you'll have to ask the maintainer to update it, or fork it. That's where gentoo behaves better. But I sincerely doubt that gentoo's recipes are as easy to create as Pkgfiles. Now it's up to you to choose what you prefer.


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CRUX or Gentoo? - by cjm - 10-07-2015, 03:18 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by Wildefyr - 10-07-2015, 03:51 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by xero - 10-07-2015, 04:27 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by Webtm - 10-07-2015, 05:02 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by thetornainbow - 11-07-2015, 12:52 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by Mafia - 11-07-2015, 01:57 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by z3bra - 11-07-2015, 09:51 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by bsdkeith - 11-07-2015, 02:03 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by Tristelune - 11-07-2015, 04:48 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by zr0 - 11-07-2015, 04:59 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by z3bra - 16-07-2015, 06:56 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by pizzaroll1 - 16-07-2015, 10:46 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by xero - 16-07-2015, 11:17 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by xikuuky - 24-12-2015, 12:27 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by Houseoftea - 24-12-2015, 12:37 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by xikuuky - 27-12-2015, 03:22 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by sagittarius - 14-04-2016, 11:07 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by z3bra - 14-04-2016, 12:12 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by arcetera - 14-04-2016, 12:15 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by sagittarius - 14-04-2016, 12:26 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by Wildefyr - 14-04-2016, 02:36 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by sagittarius - 14-04-2016, 07:24 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by stephant - 02-06-2016, 03:47 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by Wildefyr - 03-06-2016, 12:56 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by z3bra - 04-06-2016, 05:26 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by stephant - 04-11-2016, 04:45 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by pranomostro - 04-11-2016, 08:01 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by TheAnachron - 04-11-2016, 10:50 AM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by z3bra - 04-11-2016, 03:30 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by TheAnachron - 04-11-2016, 04:10 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by josuah - 08-11-2016, 07:13 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by pranomostro - 08-11-2016, 07:32 PM
RE: CRUX or Gentoo? - by z3bra - 09-11-2016, 05:53 AM