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Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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> I try to keep up to date, but I am not a computer scientist, so I often will |
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> tolerate some sloppiness in the system, and may overlook maintainance. |
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You can certainly overlook maintenance with Gentoo, and mainly do |
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security updates only. The problem is that Gentoo is in a constant |
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"running change mode", i.e. all individual packages (applications etc.) |
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are continually upgraded and you will eventually fall behind if you |
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don't keep up, making it difficult to catch up without reinstalling |
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(there are no Gentoo versions as in the binary distro sense). On the |
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other hand Gentoo gives you a lot of freedom to tweak the installed |
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software to fit your precise needs, something that binary distros |
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doesn't allow. This is the reason why I use Gentoo. |
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HTH |
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Best regards |
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Peter K |