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On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 10:10 -0700, Mark S Petrovic wrote: |
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> Good day. |
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> I am about to embark on a serious project and I am considering Gentoo |
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> as the platform. My luck with installation, on which I've spent several |
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> solid days, thus far has been mixed, and I'm willing to hold off believing |
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> it's not just me. I suspect Gentoo works, but thus far just not for me. |
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> But I see the promise it holds. |
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Well, it seems to work for quite a few people. The best method for |
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installation is to follow the Gentoo Handbook to the letter. |
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> Is there a principal Gentoo developer in Northern or Southern California |
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> (preferred) to whom I can pay a visit to gain a deeper understanding of |
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> who the Gentoo team is, what they are trying to accomplish, and how? |
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Gentoo does not have "principal developers" in the sense that you might |
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be accustomed to, as we are all given equal rights within Gentoo. We |
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are all volunteers, and not paid employees of some company. There also |
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is not much in the way of a single direction that guides Gentoo, as we |
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are a metadistribution, designed to allow our users to use Gentoo in the |
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manner that they see fit. We have developers that are specifically |
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dedicated to working on Gentoo in the enterprise. We have developers |
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dedicated to improving Gentoo in the embedded space. We have developers |
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dedicated to gaming on Gentoo. We have developers dedicated to Gentoo |
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as a desktop. |
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The real question that needs to be asked is what do you want Gentoo to |
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do for you. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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