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On Monday 22 April 2002 17:11, Todd Wright wrote: |
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> Please dont change the way *nix works. |
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ACK |
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> I dont use etc-update, I go and edit my config files by hand |
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ACK |
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> I dont expect newbies to understand how to configure a Linux |
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> system on their first try, but rather than change how everything works |
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> because you are impatient, why not read some documentation and understand |
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> all the configuration options you are adjusting. In the long run, you will |
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> do better by understanding each little adjustment you are making than by |
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> having a graphical GUI set it all up for you in secret, in a total of 30 |
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> seconds. |
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Isn't that why we all chose to use gentoo instead of SuSE or Mandrake ? I know |
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at least lately many Linux newbies have come to Gentoo but if they want to |
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take the challange, let them. I've come from RH 6.2 through about 1 day of |
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Mandrake then Slackware 8 to Gentoo now. You could even use Slackware with |
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checkinstall or something like that instead of gentoo if it wasn't for the |
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great ports like system (tho it still needs some work :)) I installed gentoo |
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because it was _not_ like SuSE. The first sentence in the Gentoo description |
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says it all: "that's geared towards experienced Linux users." |
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Alex |
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-- |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety |
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deserve neither liberty nor safety." |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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