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Mike Kazantsev wrote: |
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> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:17:53 -0600 |
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> Mike Diehl <mdiehl@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Has Gentoo become such a moving target that it's no longer suitable for |
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>> normal, every day, usage? |
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> If you're prepared to update you system at least once a week and |
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> have up-to-date knowledge of all the installed stuff, so you can at |
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> least make a decision whether you need some functionality or not... |
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> Then yep, I'd suggest gentoo. |
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> If you don't care about either then I don't understand why you started |
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> using it in first place - red hat or debian-based distro would've been |
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> much easier and simplier. |
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I don't know if this is still the case or not but Mandrake updates |
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seemed like a reinstall on top of itself to me. Sort of like when you |
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reinstall windoze. It doesn't delete anything, user wise anyway, but |
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just puts all the new stuff in there. |
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You don't get the latest updates with Mandrake like Gentoo does but that |
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doesn't appear to be to important to you since you don't update very |
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often anyway. I suspect some other distro may better suite your needs. |
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I been using Gentoo for years and update at least weekly and I rarely |
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have trouble. However, if you let the updates pile up, you can have |
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issues that are difficult to deal with. |
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Overall, I agree with Mike here. Update regularly or use some other |
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distro as he mentioned. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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