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Trenton Adams schreef: |
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> Interesting points, but |
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> On 1/7/06, Abhay Kedia <abhay.ilugd@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Saturday 07 January 2006 22:00, Trenton Adams wrote: |
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>>> I like both that my car just works, and I don't have to know how |
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>>> the pistons go up and down, but that I can also look under the |
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>>> hood if I so desire. |
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>> Thinking on the wrong lines again and what you want can never |
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>> happen, at least with Gentoo; because Gentoo does not give you a |
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>> working car at all. It just gives you spare parts (ebuilds & |
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>> packages), books to read (documentation) and a tool box (portage). |
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>> Then it tells you to go ahead and make your own car. It totally |
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>> depends on you whether you want to make it a blazing fast Ferrari |
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>> or a classy Limo. To achieve anything of that sorts you *HAVE TO* |
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>> know how the pistons go up and down. If you don't read and just put |
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>> together the pieces in a random order then you might make a moving |
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>> car but it will not be a working one. Moral of the story? To have |
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>> full control, you gotta know how things work inside the engine :) |
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> Well actually, it could happen. If I had a menu of packages to be |
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> installed during some sort of automated install process, then I'm |
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> still customizing my system the way I want. So once again, you |
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> absolutely *CAN* have gentoo flexibility with easy of install |
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Just a quick question: |
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Isn't creating "a menu of packages to be installed" part of the install |
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process? |
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If not, because you did not create this menu yourself, then you are not |
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"customizing your system the way you want", but rather choosing the most |
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suitable for you amongst a list of pre-defined-- thus, by definition, |
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limiting-- options. |
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If you did create the menu of packages yourself, and it then is (as it |
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must be) considered part of the installation process, then isn't the |
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installation process no longer "easy", by your definition of "easy"? |
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Not quite following the logic here. |
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Holly |
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