...wrote:

Speaking of Gentoo, anyone know what happens with:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug...

...a reasonable ports/package manager.
(all of Gentoo and Ubuntu and Fedora qualifies, as far...

...is why I run Ubuntu alphas). So Gentoo would be nice. But at the same...

...like this would you:

Gentoo Linux 2005.1 stage 3, gentoo-sources-2.6.13...

...user.experiencing == HugePainWithLibraries) {
    auto GentooLinux = download(www.gentoo.org/stage3);
    try {
      user.install(GentooLinux);
    }
    catch...

...My system:
P4 3.0G, 1G RAM, Gentoo 2006.0
gcc 3.4.4, dmd...

...I used to get GDC running on Gentoo / AMD64.

1) install some emulation libs - might...

...am using dmd on AMD-64 with Gentoo with the following setup:

1) 32bit emulation...

...not sure about Ubuntu, but I know Gentoo 64-bit provides 32-bit libraries.

You...

...as a Gentoo user and sometimes patch submitter, seeing how good the Gentoo community works...