Sebastian Beßler wrote:
> On 27.03.2012 20:30, Dale wrote:
>> May be trying Kubuntu here pretty soon.  
> 
> Be prepared for hard times using Kubuntu as it is now no major part of
> the Ubuntu family anymore. That means much less money and much less
> manpower. And if this issue with a init-thingy bothers you, Kubuntu will
> be living hell. As long as (K)Ubuntu works everything is fine, but in
> case of an error you just can't fix it. Everything is close tight to
> everything else. Change on thing and all fails.
> 
> Greetings
> 
> Sebastian
> 


Well, based on my experience with Mandrake back in the day, the init
thingy is going to break for me here just like it did there.  I'm
thinking about Kubuntu but I may actually decide on something else.
Thing is, it appears Gentoo is going to break my system so I may as well
find something that I can install lots quicker to fix what is broke.
Kubuntu is just one option.  I installed it for my brother and it works
fine, SO FAR.

I may be jumping out of the frying pan into a fire but I think I need to
at least try something else.  This is very true if I continue to have
issues with the init thingy and not being able to su to root.  I know
how to use a console but I only use it when needed.  That's not very
often and I sort of like it that way.

Barring that, I could just put everything on / and just hope nothing
goes bonkers and fills it up with useless errors or something in the
messages file.  I have had this happen before and /var was full, I mean
FULL.  I divide things so that I don't get conquered when it hits the fan.

One thing about Linux, it has a LOT of options.

Oh, there is talk of moving more things on -dev.  If I didn't know
better, I'd think someone was trying to just change Gentoo until it
doesn't work any more.  I dunno.   Maybe I'm ready for a Apple now.  o_O

Dale

:-)  :-)

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