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On Saturday 07 January 2006 22:00, Trenton Adams wrote: |
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> I'm just of the mind that we really should encourage it's use, while |
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> encouraging people to also understand what's happening under the |
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> hood. |
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...and how do you suggest that should be done? There is tons of documentation |
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available for user to read and know what is happening under the hood but no |
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one wants to RTFM. Even this problem that you faced has been clearly |
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explained along with its solution in "man emerge". How should Gentoo force a |
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user to read the documentation and the man pages? |
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> I like both that my car just works, and I don't have to know how the |
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> pistons go up and down, but that I can also look under the hood if I so |
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> desire. |
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Thinking on the wrong lines again and what you want can never happen, at least |
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with Gentoo; because Gentoo does not give you a working car at all. It just |
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gives you spare parts (ebuilds & packages), books to read (documentation) and |
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a tool box (portage). Then it tells you to go ahead and make your own car. It |
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totally depends on you whether you want to make it a blazing fast Ferrari or |
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a classy Limo. To achieve anything of that sorts you *HAVE TO* know how the |
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pistons go up and down. If you don't read and just put together the pieces in |
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a random order then you might make a moving car but it will not be a working |
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one. Moral of the story? To have full control, you gotta know how things work |
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inside the engine :) |
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Regards, |
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Abhay |
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