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Frank Peters posted on Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:58:22 -0400 as excerpted: |
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> This method may seem strange and even regressive and stubborn to many |
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> Linux users. All I can say in response is that one has to be a little |
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> bit fanatical to even use Linux, |
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... let alone Gentoo,... |
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> and I am probably more than just a little bit fanatical. |
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=:^) |
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While few gentooers take it to the level you have, I expect most |
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understand the concept. After all, they /are/ gentooers. =:^) |
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FWIW, I was doing something similar with my own suspend/hibernate script |
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for awhile. I stopped once I switched to systemd as its related |
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functionality works well enough, and does what I want and need without |
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the whole policykit, etc, circus, which I do *NOT* want or need. |
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There's a certain "direct drive", "close to the metal" confidence you get |
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from mastering the concepts well enough to do it yourself like that. Any |
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gentooer should appreciate the concept to some extent, but those that |
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have actually gone beyond gentoo and bare-scripted at that level I think |
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appreciate even more both the concept, and how powerful and even |
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addicting it can be. For those who have done it, there's a definite loss |
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in doing it any other way. For some people at some point, that loss is |
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worth it to avoid the additional maintenance and responsibility that |
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comes with it, while for others there is and can be no acceptable |
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replacement for that direct control. |
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FWIW, as I said I've accepted that loss in letting systemd handle the |
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suspend and hibernate details for me now, but OTOH, while I can |
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appreciate those who for instance leave gentoo for arch, assuming gentoo |
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is still viable at the time, I have a hard time envisioning me running |
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anything else even 20-30 years from now when chances are I'll be in a |
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retirement home. I /am/ nearing 50 after all, and 30 years from now |
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would put me at 77, at which point there is definitely a fair chance I'll |
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be in a retirement home, if I'm even around any longer... And yes, I |
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think there's a fair chance I'll still be running gentoo, even then. =:^) |
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IOW, I think it's fair to say that most/all gentooers are at least a bit |
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fanatical in that way, enough to appreciate and respect your position. |
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Certainly I do. =:^) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |