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On Sep 11, 2012 6:40 AM, "Paul Hartman" <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> |
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> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Chris Stankevitz |
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> <chrisstankevitz@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Gentoo is the best distribution I have used (I haven't used too many: |
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> > ubuntu, fedora, gentoo). I love the USE flags. I love watching (and |
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> > questioning) what is going to be installed. I love emerge. |
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> > Supposedly gentoo lacks being able to have a system "just work" |
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> > without thinking about anything. But in my experience on linux, this |
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> > simply isn't the case anywhere. With ubuntu, for example, I had |
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> > trouble with sound and ethernet cards that I could never figure out... |
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> > and the kind of answers I get on their forums drive me insane ("my |
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> > uncle once said that his cousin typed this magical command and it |
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> > worked fine for a little while so maybe try that"). |
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> That's how I felt, too, in 2003 or 2004 when I first installed Gentoo, |
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> and I've been using it ever since and still feel the same way. I've |
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> tried other distros but Gentoo feels the most natural to me. I'm okay |
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> with more responsibility in exchange for more control over my system. |
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> Yeah, sometimes it makes you think about what you're doing more than |
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> some other distros, but I don't see that as a bad thing. Thinking is |
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> fun. |
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This thread reminds me of a page I've posted here quite some times ago: |
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http://mark.orbum.net/2011/11/15/the-pan-pipes-of-gentoo-linux-always-at-the-source/ |
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I can't put it better than that guy. Although he finally settled for |
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a-linux-distro-named-after-a-headwear, he still longs to be with The Source. |
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"The Source, Luke! Use The Source!" |
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Rgds, |
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