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090812 Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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> I'm a little reluctant to say this, but it's been a couple of months now |
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> since I switched back to Gentoo, and I want to shout out my pleasure |
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> that this system has been performing admirably well this time around, |
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> in comparison with earlier installations. None of the earlier installations |
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> were unacceptable, in fact, Gentoo remained my favorite. I moved to Ubuntu |
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> because maintainance of the Gentoo boxes was much more time consuming. |
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Yes, that seems to be the usual reason users leave Gentoo: |
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like owning a dog, you have to find time to maintain/exercise it. |
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However, unlike a dog, you can catch up after a long absence: |
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I've just finished updating the system in my stand-by box, |
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which had hardly been touched since 0809, but everything's ok now. |
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> I've watched Gentoo plummet in the popularity ratings, eg at distrowatch. |
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It got a lot of attention from the neophiles c 2002 , |
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but as with everything they soon moved on to the next latest fad. |
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Gentoo is not for everyone: compare 'Financial Times', |
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one of the World's best newspapers, but it takes 3 days to read 1 issue. |
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> I've watched as the best documentation EVER on Gentoo wiki |
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> as fallen off the edge of the world. |
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Admin got neglected awhile, but my impression is that lessons were learned |
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& the basic running of the distro is now well-managed. |
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> Now, however, I have not had any such problem, or maybe I should say, |
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> the one or two times I have it was easy to figure things out. |
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> Is it because I'm more experienced, or perhaps more cautious? |
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> I don't know, but I tend to think the distribution is more mature. |
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If you insist on being at the cutting edge, sometimes you hurt your fingers. |
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I haven't had a serious problem with Gentoo since installing it 2003 |
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& again in my latest machine 2007 . Just last week, |
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after Mozilla made sound the default setting for Xulrunner + Firefox, |
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I entered a bug -- I don't want sound software in my machine -- |
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& got a very prompt fix from the dev involved (thanks again). |
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> And never a cranky whine, like on other lists, never any complaint. |
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There was a silly troll last week, but everyone ignored it: |
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yes, that's a sign of maturity. |
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> Thank you to all the developers and all the list people |
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> who have consistently given the highest and most professional level |
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> of assistance to a rather clueless user. |
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> This is typical, and always has been with Gentoo's community. |
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The devs do need to get regular thanks for their unpaid work. |
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