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Philip Webb ha scritto: |
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> 090812 Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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>> I'm a little reluctant to say this, but it's been a couple of months now |
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>> since I switched back to Gentoo, and I want to shout out my pleasure |
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>> that this system has been performing admirably well this time around, |
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>> in comparison with earlier installations. None of the earlier installations |
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>> were unacceptable, in fact, Gentoo remained my favorite. I moved to Ubuntu |
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>> because maintainance of the Gentoo boxes was much more time consuming. |
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> Yes, that seems to be the usual reason users leave Gentoo: |
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> like owning a dog, you have to find time to maintain/exercise it. |
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I am starting to be in trouble using Gentoo for this very reason. Once I |
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used it on my desktop system, which was OK to be "under repair" once in |
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a while, since I had my workstation at work. Now I moved abroad and I |
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only have my laptop to use for all -home and work. If it is hosed, I am |
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lost (I have the OS X partition but it is basically useless for my job). |
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So I am becoming very reluctant in updating critical components -one |
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example is my kernel, which is basically untouched since I installed, in |
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late 2007. I know it's counterproductive, because the more I wait, the |
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worse it is, but it's always a matter of time, and I don't have that |
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time -not to update per se, which I have, but to face problems in case |
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critical updates don't go smooth. |
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Any advice on this kind of situation? I would rather not buy a "backup |
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laptop". |
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> However, unlike a dog, you can catch up after a long absence: |
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Heh, I hope so! |
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m. |
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