Re: [gentoo-user] from Firefox52: NO pure ALSA?, WAS: Firefox 49.0 & Youtube... Audio: No

[Heiko Baums]

Am 17.12.2016 um 22:57 schrieb Marc Joliet:
> Looks like somebody hasn't heard of cross-compiling!  Perhaps check out sys-
> devel/crossdev and/or ask on the gentoo-embedded mailing list.  In fact, in
> this particular case I *will* provide you with a link:
>
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi_Cross_building

Thanks, but I already know this link. Nevertheless, compiling everything
is quit power consuming and takes a lot of time. And you need another
computer for this to be done.

That said, generally speaking I love Gentoo, but I'm still not sure if I
really want it on my Pi. Maybe I'll reconsider this once.

> Aha, so it's not enough that there are distros *right now* that let you avoid
> systemd (e.g., Gentoo, Funtoo, Devuan, Knoppix), it has to be one of *those
> particular* distros.

You forgot Slackware.

No that's not enough, because at least Gentoo and Funtoo are not for
beginners. Well, I'm not a beginner, but I would like to have a distro
without systemd which can be used by beginners. Well, maybe Devuan will
be such a distro.

There's another reason. In my opinion there should always be a choice,
not only between the distros but between the software. And different
distros follow different goals.

And there's always this silly argument by these Poettering fanboys, that
they don't force systemd onto anybody, and that's always possible to
switch from systemd to another init system. Then this must be possible
under - at least - almost every distro.

As you can see, even the Poettering fanboys here refuse to explain how
this can be done. Obviously they don't admit that they are proven wrong
by this.

Btw., I hope that the Devuan people once will make a release for the Pi,
too.

Heiko Baums