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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:57:14
Message-Id: 20141126005658.30f56025@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now by Emanuele Rusconi
1 On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:35:18 +0100, Emanuele Rusconi wrote:
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3 > > The point was that it could be changed. […]
4 > >
5 > > […] It's about as on-topic and relevant as WinXP.
6 >
7 > No, the point was that sometimes even a small annoyance is plenty
8 > enough to drive people away.
9
10 Well, if you put it like that.
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12 > The point was that when you feel that the distro you're using takes a
13 > direction that doesn't fit you, you look for alternatives.
14 > And that's perfectly on-topic.
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16 In which case,
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18 > What's off-topic is to figure out if the damn buttons could actually
19 > be moved or not.
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21 so is this, as it determines the level of annoyance.
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23 Changing distros because of a default for a configuration is like
24 changing your car because the ashtray is full.
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26 Yes, that's a totally spurious analogy, as was the distro-switch that
27 spawned this sub-thread.
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31 Neil Bothwick
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33 Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is 100%.

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