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Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> You can get as much vertical integration with Gentoo as with any other |
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> distro. The problem (and I think this is the point Greg is trying to |
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> make) is that it will be harder (not impossible, just harder) if most |
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> of Gentoo developers really believe that every single possible |
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> combination of hardware, software, init systems, and even OS kernels |
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> should be supported. |
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And even if it isn't harder, the main point for *many* competent |
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users is that they have to do it themselves. |
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Many extremely skilled peers of mine simply do not want to. |
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They tried to do it, just not on Gentoo, and they have been burnt so |
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badly by whatever distribution they tried that they basically swear |
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off Linux completely for lack of time messing around, and just buy |
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fruit computers. |
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I have always appreciated the ability to customize, and I want to do |
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it. The framework for customization that is Gentoo easily surpasses |
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everything else that I have seen, and that's thanks to all the |
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developers. |
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But it means nothing for someone who wants to open a box, switch on |
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the power, and go online to $socialmediasite or $emailprovider. |
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//Peter |
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