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On 17-06-2010 12:08, Angelo Arrifano wrote: |
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> On 17-06-2010 11:51, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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>> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:32:51 +0200 |
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>> Sebastian Pipping <sping@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> I wouldn't feel to bad if Gentoo is widely recognized as the |
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>>> distribution with the most friendly community around in 2011. |
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>> Wouldn't you rather it be recognised as the distribution with the best |
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>> product? |
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> When I read that, the first question that was raised on me was: |
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> - The best product for what, whom? |
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> We can't simply put all possible Gentoo applications and users in one bag. |
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> Is it really good to think on Gentoo as a product? Can we do like Apple |
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> and treat our users like crap while still making them use our product? |
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> *No!* |
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> Unless we provide locking, GNU/Linux users will always have a choice. |
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> That choice can be to join the Gentoo community, or leave it. |
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> - Angelo |
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I apologize for replying to self but I felt we should all remember *what |
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is Gentoo*. Or at least what it used to be.. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/about.xml |
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"What is Gentoo? |
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Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that |
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can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any |
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application or need. Extreme configurability, performance and a |
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top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo |
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experience. |
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(...) |
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*Of course, Gentoo is more than just the software it provides. It is a |
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community built around a distribution* which is driven by more than 300 |
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developers and thousands of users. The distribution project provides the |
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means for the users to enjoy Gentoo: documentation, infrastructure |
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(mailinglists, site, forums ...), release engineering, software porting, |
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quality assurance, security followup, hardening and more. |
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" |