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Chris White wrote: |
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> So, wondering why people use Gentoo. Put [dev] or something if you're an |
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> actual gentoo dev and [user] if you're a user. Doesn't need to be fancy, you |
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> can put "community" or something if that's all you want. All responses off |
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> list please. Thanks. |
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[user] |
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I'm not, but I *could* be a grandmother, so I guess I'm not the average |
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user. I was first exposed to Gentoo when someone I know was touting the |
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control that it gave you. I *hate* Gnome (sorry, don't mean to insult |
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any Gnome users - it's just a personal opinion). The bloat of having to |
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have two desktops on my system drove me nuts when I was using Redhat and |
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then, Fedora. So, like others, control is a *big* plus - I can install |
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only what I want! |
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Portage - in my opinion, it is the best package manager in Linux, bar |
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none. In Redhat and Fedora, I was always in some sort of dependency |
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hell. I learned how to get around most of it, but I don't have to worry |
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with Gentoo. I would be royally "p*?@ed off" if was force to use a |
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package manager other than portage. |
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Growth - I never edited a configuration file before using Gentoo, nor |
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did I configure a kernel. Strange as it may sound, it was a "trip" for |
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me to learn this stuff. I've learned more about my system and Linux in |
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the year and a half of using it that I did in the 5 years that I used |
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Redhat/Fedora. |
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Documentation - Bar none, Gentoo has the best and most easily understood |
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online documentation. In fact, I would rather read Gentoo documentation |
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that that of the LDP! |
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This list - I've always been able to turn to the list when I needed |
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help, was exposed to more patience that on any other list that I have |
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every been on - even those that were supposed to be for "newbies". I've |
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always gotten help and the explanation was put in a way that I could |
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understand it (Thanks guys!) |
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Sorry, I know this is long, but there are just too many reasons why I |
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use Gentoo and why I will stick with it! :-) |
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Take care, |
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Colleen |
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Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org |
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