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Jerry A! wrote: |
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>On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:05:57PM +0200, Vitaly Kushneriuk wrote: |
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>: I'm not sure we want Gentoo became a "do this and that and you'll get |
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>: linux running" distro for dummies. |
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>: SA using Gentoo SUPPOSED to know what is syslog and which one he likes. |
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>: You realy should do some web research if you don't know which one to |
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>: use. It will only help you to better understand your system. |
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>: That's the main idea of installing Gentoo : to know your system and hav |
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>e |
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>: only stuff you want. So basic installation should install only |
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>: "THE MUST" components, leaving the rest to SA to decide. |
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>The problem with this argument is that "THE MUST" components will vary |
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>from person to person. |
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Right, we should define a whole base system that is easily modifiable. I |
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come from the BSD world where they give you a whole system with sane |
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defaults that can be changed easily. It's nice to not have to put every |
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system you build together. I know I can create my own gentoo cd, but it is |
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nice to just install a system and go when you need to. Especially, when |
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trying out something new on a throwaway temp system. |
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>What we really need here is some direction and consistency. Dan, what |
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>are your thoughts? |
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I agree with that. Consistency is the key to any good system. One of the |
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things I liked best about FreeBSD was that it behaved exactly how I |
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expected it because it was consistently implemented according to a single |
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definition/direction. |
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My $0.02, |
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kabau |
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-- |
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"UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that |
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would also stop you from doing clever things." --Doug Gwyn |
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