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On 15 Jun 2002 10:06:28 -0400 |
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"orange-pc.ces.clemson.edu" <grant@×××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Finally, I would like to clear up a common misconception. Gentoo Linux |
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> is, indeed, "geared towards Linux power users". My personal opinion, |
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> though, is that |
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> it is unrealistic to expect even power users to understand |
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> everything that goes into a Linux distribution, so saying that Gentoo |
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> is "a distro for people who KNOW what they're doing" seems like |
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> a bit much. (In fact, many people seem to come to Gentoo precisely |
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> so that they can learn more about Linux without the drudgery required |
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well said g2boojum. |
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We do try to make things easier for the users, but linux |
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is a rapidly changing operating system and has an infinite number of |
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configuration options. Not all of us _know_ what we are doing, we just |
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sit down and try to solve the problem. We don't have to wait for Microsoft and |
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a patch -- we create our own. Gentoo Linux has many developers, including all |
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the users that submit bug reports, and all the users that submit new ebuilds, and |
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all those that submit patches. We are in-debt to all of those individuals, because |
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they do exactly what we do: debug the problems and add features/ideas to better |
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the operating system. |
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Just my opinion. |
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Regards, |
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Ryan |
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