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On 2014-10-15, Alec Ten Harmsel <alec@××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> The main problem (imnho) is that you think CentOS cares about |
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> configurability/multiple ways of doing things. |
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Oh, I don't think that -- it's pretty obvious that in the RedHat |
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world, choice is not an option. It's one prix fixe menu, and you can |
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either eat what's set in front of you or go hungry. |
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> They do not. They have their packages and their way of doing things, |
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> following TUV so that the distro is easily supportable. When |
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> installing, you just have to keep clicking next like a robot. |
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>> I'm more convinced than ever that Gentoo is the way to go for my |
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>> "real" systems... |
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> Definitely agree; any systems that I spend a substantial amount of time |
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> using run Gentoo. Nothing else is equal. I mostly run it on my home |
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> server because I want it to Just Work (tm) without any work on my part. |
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> It also prevents me from playing around too much with USE and other |
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> things, which is another bonus as I get more work done ;) |
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And you avoid being forced every couple years to choose between a |
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major version upgrade (which invariably turns into to a minor |
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disaster) or reinstall from scratch (which usually turns out a little |
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better, but requires that normal work stop for several days). |
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Grant |
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