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> painless option for users. |
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Well... If a bit of mind work is pain... So, then I'd say that Gentoo is not |
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about avoiding such pain. |
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Did you hear about Gentoo Philosophy? |
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It says that point of Gentoo to appear was to give users possibility to make |
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exact "tool" they wants to use, but not decide anything for them. |
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So, if a person wants to avoid thinking about some aspect of the system |
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maintenance, then Gentoo is not recommended for this person and the person |
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should consider to use some distro made by "Big Fat Corporations" (like |
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Ubuntu, Fedora/RHEL, SuSE and whatever). They're very like to dictate what and |
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how should user do, and what should not. And there is all that things already |
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decided by BigBro's and users should not take care of any of that. |
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I can't understand people who refuse to get as complete knowledge as possible |
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about tools/instruments they using (including OS). |
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Would you learn how does a hammer work before applying it to the nails? Or do |
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you say "The only painless option for users is to make it spheric" instead? |
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And same for Gentoo: if you want to use something — please, consider to get a |
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bit knowledge about how do it working. And it will be huge karma bonus for |
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you, if you'll research the reasons why did it done in that way, and not |
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another before complaining (why did wheels invented to be round, but not |
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square? Square wheels are more stable on a flat surface, while round ones |
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makes wagon to constantly move, while I loading my baggage on it). |
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I mean: most of the time, if you having trouble with something, it is most |
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likely *you* (not you personally, but some abastract Freud-ish "you") doing |
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something wrong, then the tool you're using is badly designed. And if you |
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dislike the tool's design, you're free to take analogous tool from the rivals |
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(and take that one you'd like). |
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Thanks for attention, |
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wbr, mva |