Is it worth trying Gentoo Linux?

Worth what?

Sure, why not?

If you just want to try it, get the LiveCD version.

http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml

A LiveCD is bootable and lets you use it without doing anything to the existing system on the hard drive.

I haven't used Gentoo so I can't really give any opinions on it. I'm a Slackware fan myself.

It depends on what purpose... Desktop or Server?

I think for a desktop it's way too much time consuming... A package-based system like Ubuntu, Fedora would fit better...

For a server DEFINATELLY go Gentoo... Gentoo packages are compiled on-the-fly making every single package on your system prepared to be on YOUR hardware...

I don't use any linux on my desktops... For servers, I used Slack since 99 and, after 6 years being a slack-addicted, I changed to Gentoo when I tried it... All my servers are Gentoo now...

Get the preparation manual, and shop it on yet another computing device of print it out. first component is setup the community, make partitions, get carry of the point 3 image, extract it, get the portage image, yada yade. it fairly is all interior the preparation manual. there is not any automagic script you it fairly is fairly superb in case you get the preparation manual and bypass from there.

Give it a shot i would try one of these linux distro's first.

http://fedora.redhat.com/

http://opensuse.org/

RJ

no....try latest fedora 6 instead

you are a loser just like Gregg