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Alan McKinnon writes: |
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> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:33:05 -0700 |
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> Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Like Paul and many others I've never looked back. I'm no power user, |
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>> and contrary to a lot of the press out there I don't think you need to |
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>> be to use this distro. |
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> That's actually quite perceptive and correct. |
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> You don't need to be a genius wise-ass to use Gentoo. You just need to |
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> have some brain-smarts and a willingness to look after your own stuff |
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> yourself. |
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It takes some more time though to maintain it, compared to the other |
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distros. And the installation is much more complicated of course. |
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But unless you need very basic stuff only, it pays off later I think. |
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When you get into trouble, there are decent howtos that usually do not |
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simply explain _what_ to do, but _why_. When you installed your own |
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Gentoo, you already know a lot about Linux. And where to look in case of |
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problems. Other distros often hide what's going on deeper, and that's |
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nice when all works, but when not, you're screwed. |
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It's also much more fun to actually _solve_ problems on Gentoo, than |
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just googling how some other Ubuntu user 'solved' his problem by trying |
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various commands that you do not understand what they do, but that might |
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also work in your case. Or not. |
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