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Hello... |
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Finally a distribution tailored to each user's own preferences!! I have |
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been using Redhat for a while, and I have recently tried SuSE. Frankly, |
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while SuSE was a lot friendlier to install, there are too many bells and |
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whistles that get in the way for a scientist or an engineer. It is very |
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difficult to compile an optimized late version of kernel on these systems |
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because these systems are built to account for just about any kind of |
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hardware, which makes it a semi-black box. |
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I really appreciate Gentoo's philosophy on optimization and customization |
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with respect to EVERY user and his/her system. I am a semi-beginner. |
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I've used Linux for about 2-3 years for science/engineering purposes, and |
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while I am by no means an advanced user, I usually find my way around |
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Linux alright... I've done some configs and customizations, compiled |
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kernels multiple times... And always I've run into the same problem... |
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Too much stuff that I don't want on my system and yet can't safely remove |
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without expert knowledge. |
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This is my second day of getting to know your distro, and already I think |
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it's the coolest one I've run into so far!! By a lot of aspects... I've |
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always thought that only the things you work hard to get will bring a |
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great pay-off. So far, it seemed like most Linux distros have been too |
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easy to get up and running :)) |
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I am a beginning computational scientist in Chemical Engineering, and |
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while most people in my department here at Princeton University are stuck |
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with Windows, I seem to be one of the few going the "hard way" but seeing |
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a much greater pay-off in the future. I've learned from scratch about |
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computer hardware and Linux systems, and as little as school work has |
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allowed me to continue my learning of those things (being a chemical |
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engineer rather than a computer scientist), I think I am fairly content |
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with where I am... I REALLY have a lot of respect and appreciation for |
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Linux developers, especially with a philosophy such as yours at Gentoo. |
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Maybe if I get rich, I'll be sure to remember Linux community :)) |
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Now, your releases of Gentoo seemed to not be very far apart in time, so |
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I am anticipating a new release of Gentoo soon... Am I correct in that |
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expectation? Could you tell me APPROXIMATELY when you are planning to get |
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the new version of Gentoo out to the public? |
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Many thanks, |
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Denis |
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Princeton University |
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Chemical Engineering |
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Engineering Quadrangle |
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Princeton, NJ 08544-5263 |