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200421 Dale wrote ... : |
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> Rich Freeman wrote ... : |
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>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 9:49 PM Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> ... I'm not sure why people keep thinking Gentoo is dying. |
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> Sometimes I think it is more about the difference |
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> between binary distros they are coming from |
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> and Gentoo being source-based than Gentoo actually dying. |
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> When people consider switching to Gentoo, it's different |
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> from what they expect. They may need to research what Gentoo is first. |
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> Gentoo certainly doesn't hold a person's hand |
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> during the install or even after the install. |
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I agree with almost all of this dialog. |
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Just like Dale, I stumbled into Gentoo in 2003 |
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after Mandrake was late (again) with a semi-annual update. |
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I tried a couple of other distros, but they didn't install properly, |
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so I tried the latest new fad Gentoo, followed the install guide |
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& suddenly found myself looking at a working system. |
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I've never wanted to use anything else since. |
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Gentoo is for people who want to run their own Linux systems, |
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not something someone else out there decided they ought to want. |
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It does involve a bit of work + responsibility : |
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my analogy has always been that M$/Mac are like living in a hotel, |
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Linux binary distros are like renting an apartment |
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& Gentoo is like owning your own house. |
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At first, I assumed Consus -- yet another silly pseudonym -- |
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was a troll of the kind which does turn up here every couple of years, |
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but his remarks do suggest he's genuinely interested, if ignorant (smile). |
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Hopefully, he will learn how things get done, stay around & help out. |
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Gentoo does have a major weakness, which is the state of Portage. |
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It needs a thoro' rewrite, preferably in a faster language than Python. |
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I'm too old & it's a long time since I did any programming, |
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so No I'm not volunteering, but if we're lucky |
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someone -- M Gorny ? -- will get it started & others will join in. |
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Meanwhile, thanks yet again to all the devs for their unpaid work. |
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