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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:31:38
Message-Id: 200902041601.19658.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh? by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Wednesday 04 February 2009 15:19:39 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > Sebastián Magrí wrote:
3 > > Also, Gentoo is a great school. If you want to learn how a Linux system
4 > > works, and really want to learn about Unix systems, then Gentoo is the
5 > > best for you.
6 >
7 > I don't get that argument. I didn't learn how Linux or Unix works with
8 > Gentoo. I didn't even find my prior knowledge of Unix and Linux of much
9 > use either. Typing "emerge package" and "dispatch-conf" doesn't offer
10 > me much knowledge. It's as simple as Debian in this regard.
11 >
12 > If I wanted a "learn Unix" distro, I would be using Slackware :P
13
14 s/Slackware/Linux From Scratch/
15
16 there ya go, fixed that for ya
17
18 :-)
19
20 --
21 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>