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On 03/04/2013 01:41, Daniel Frey wrote: |
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> On 04/02/2013 12:17 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> Oh, and "gentoo is fast" is a nono swear word these days. That's ricing |
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>> :-) Nowadays we say the benefit of gentoo is USE so you get what *you* |
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>> want :-) |
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> When I'm asked, I say that gentoo is extremely flexible and can be |
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> tailored in almost infinite ways depending on its application. |
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> It's why I'm still using it on the desktop, maintenance time be damned. |
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> I've tried other distros and always come back to gentoo. The lack of |
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> flexibility with other package managers (or lack of being able to |
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> replace the default package manager) on other distros is very |
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> disappointing. Guess I've been spoiled too much... |
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You and me both :-) |
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To this day on the servers at work I *still* reach to |
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USE="-avahi -zeroconf -mdns -ldap -gnutls nls -other-bundled-crap" |
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and then I remember oh wait, this is centos. |
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Spoiled by Gentoo? Yes, indeed, most definitely. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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