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On 11/27/2017 11:10 AM, Jigme Datse Yli-RAsku wrote: |
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> Is Skype "largely unusable" on Gentoo? It feels like about 3 days ago I |
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> was forced to upgrade because "this version is no longer supported" and |
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> to upgrade I had to keyword the latest version. If this keeps |
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> happening, to me, this is broken. And I'm not sure if the problem is |
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> that we are so far behind, that when Microsoft removes support we only |
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> just barely meet the requirements, or if there is something I am missing. |
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> I *do* like to keep my computer updated, but unless I misunderstand (and |
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> it seems that Gentoo has changed a lot since I started using it about |
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> 15-20 years ago (I think)) stable is the recommended way to run the |
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> system unless you want to go into "here be pesky programmes" territory. |
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> When I started, even "stable" was a lot more work than previously used |
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> distributions, but with Gentoo, I've always felt that with Gentoo, while |
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> doing "basic stuff" can be more difficult, other distributions have |
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> always been "if it doesn't work out of the box, it's probably not that |
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> worth trying to figure it out." |
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> I still feel that getting things working in Gentoo is always "a bit of |
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> work" and if it "doesn't just work" it often still can be done without a |
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> whole lot more work. But having to upgrade in a "manual way" on |
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> approximately a weekly basis just to have functionality tells me that |
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> something is badly broken (and I don't feel it is Gentoo in this case, |
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> but I need to have some better understanding). |
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> I know, that when I was trying to figure out just "what was supported" I |
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> actually wasn't getting good information... |
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personal opinion/ |
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It is the software author / maintainer being stupid. |
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Two Possibilities : |
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# 1 : They can't do it right the first time, so they get to constantly |
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redo it. |
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# 2 : Skype is a MS product. MS still ( on purpose ) breaks their |
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software routinely so it will not work on other OS's. |
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NOTE : Microsoft has a reputation for being a "feckless weasel" when it |
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comes to what is supported and how it is supported. |
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/personal opinion. |
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Corbin |
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