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[Denis Shcherbakov]

Hello...

Finally a distribution tailored to each user's own preferences!!  I have
been using Redhat for a while, and I have recently tried SuSE.  Frankly,
while SuSE was a lot friendlier to install, there are too many bells and
whistles that get in the way for a scientist or an engineer.  It is very
difficult to compile an optimized late version of kernel on these systems
because these systems are built to account for just about any kind of
hardware, which makes it a semi-black box.

I really appreciate Gentoo's philosophy on optimization and customization
with respect to EVERY user and his/her system.  I am a semi-beginner.
I've used Linux for about 2-3 years for science/engineering purposes, and
while I am by no means an advanced user, I usually find my way around
Linux alright...  I've done some configs and customizations, compiled
kernels multiple times...  And always I've run into the same problem...
Too much stuff that I don't want on my system and yet can't safely remove
without expert knowledge.

This is my second day of getting to know your distro, and already I think
it's the coolest one I've run into so far!!  By a lot of aspects...  I've
always thought that only the things you work hard to get will bring a
great pay-off.  So far, it seemed like most Linux distros have been too
easy to get up and running :))

I am a beginning computational scientist in Chemical Engineering, and
while most people in my department here at Princeton University are stuck
with Windows, I seem to be one of the few going the "hard way" but seeing
a much greater pay-off in the future.  I've learned from scratch about
computer hardware and Linux systems, and as little as school work has
allowed me to continue my learning of those things (being a chemical
engineer rather than a computer scientist), I think I am fairly content
with where I am...  I REALLY have a lot of respect and appreciation for
Linux developers, especially with a philosophy such as yours at Gentoo.
Maybe if I get rich, I'll be sure to remember Linux community :))


Now, your releases of Gentoo seemed to not be very far apart in time, so
I am anticipating a new release of Gentoo soon... Am I correct in that
expectation?  Could you tell me APPROXIMATELY when you are planning to get
the new version of Gentoo out to the public?

Many thanks,
Denis

Princeton University
Chemical Engineering
Engineering Quadrangle
Princeton, NJ 08544-5263