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I for one have really grown to like the flexibility that I have during my |
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Gentoo install. One minor thing I do that I couldn't do with an installer is |
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before I format I ftp my /usr/portage/distfiles somewhere else and even |
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before I run the bootstrap script I emerge ncftp and copy that directory |
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back. It saves me a ton of time downloading things. This would be the kind |
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of things I (personally) would miss with an all in wonder installer. |
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My 2c |
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jl |
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On Sunday 02 June 2002 10:05 pm, Mark Bainter wrote: |
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> Matthew Kennedy [mkennedy@g.o] wrote: |
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> > Simonics Zsolt <simc@××××××.hu> writes: |
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> > > "Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux |
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> > > distribution for x86, PowerPC, Sparc and Sparc64 that's geared towards |
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> > > Linux power users." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sorry, but |
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> > > i think that this is not Anaconda Wizard's business. Don't waste your |
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> > > time... |
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> > |
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> > Personally I feel this is definitely NOT a waste of time. I know what |
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> > it says on the website wrt. power users, but I don't think there's any |
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> > reason it needs to stay this way in the future. Just think, in the |
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> > future it could be "...geared to towards giving users power" ;) |
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> |
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> The trouble with this is that once a distribution starts down this |
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> path the trend seems to be to add more and more stuff for "newbies" |
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> at the expense of the power and flexibility that more advanced users |
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> enjoy. |
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