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Gentoo - being different as it is - a metadistro, is by far the most |
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easy to mantain and support installs I've ever used. Most, if not all, |
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problems usually exist because some companies still relay in a single |
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distro specific behavior (companies that do not see the "big |
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picture"), the rest is pure beta testing result of your environment. |
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Gentoo is tied to upstream, the devs discuss, patch and help upstream, |
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with a user test base of thousands of users that daily read this ML |
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and go to the forums. This distro, along with all the benefits, still |
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contributes to upstream availability and stability, because we COMPILE |
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the source on so many different hardware/software combinations. I |
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would say Gentoo's bugzilla is where users (yes, those who do not |
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write C code) can expect their problems to be solved by experts, even |
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upstream developers, if someone think they should know about it, while |
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contributing for that specific package stability. We are the "high |
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level" (in programming sense) code test people! I feel proud of that. |
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Besides, with all the enhancements of the last few years, Gentoo has |
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become easy to install, overcoming problems like the "whole day |
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install process" and the "hours of compile time to get a browser" |
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problems that people who do not like Gentoo always use over the net |
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stating that "their distro is better". |
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Add to all that the FREEDOM, some people already stated that in this |
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thread. That is, by far (for me) the most incredible feature of |
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Gentoo. You can build a server, a desktop or a damn small kiosk with |
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little or no knowledge, because since the very begin you DECIDE what |
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you want, and that freedom keeps going till your system dies of age or |
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you decide to "kill" it! ;-) And still, with all this benefits, the |
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devs still provide a easy to use package management system with so |
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many features I haven't used most yet over this 3 years of being a |
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Gentoo user. |
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Gentoo is not dying, it is pretty healthy, I don't even know how |
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someone that frequently reads this ML can think something like that. |
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If the devs stop, or the distro is not healthy, problems occur, this |
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problems sum up till its dead, like the old "conectiva" distro I used |
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four years ago, but that is a long, painful agonizing process, not |
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something that comes in a day... I don't feel any symptoms. |
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Daniel da Veiga |
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Computer Operator - RS - Brazil |
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