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170519 Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> It's about one year now since I locked myself in my room for a month |
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> and installed Gentoo :-) |
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> It has been an interesting and sometimes rough ride, |
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> but I learned many things along the way, and I got what I wanted : |
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> a desktop GNU/Linux that just does the things I want it to |
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> without stupid frills. |
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Back in autumn 2003, I had built my 2nd machine & planned to install Mandrake, |
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but its new version was delayed -- a fairly normal occurence -- |
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& after having no joy with Slackware & IIRC Suse, |
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I thought "Why not try that new distro everyone's talking about ? " |
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After following the Guide faithfully, I suddenly found myself |
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looking at a working Gentoo system & have never looked away again. |
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> Many thanks to the developers and all others that helped me in this list. |
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This must be one of the most useful computer lists anywhere. |
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Thanks again to whoever it was told me how to get my new scanner working. |
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SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb |
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