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On Aug 21, 2005, at 4:05 PM, Jerry McBride wrote: |
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> On Sunday 14 August 2005 03:42 pm, Paul Hoy wrote: |
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>> Hi all, |
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>> This email isn't intended to troll, but to explore Linux variants |
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>> that share certain characteristics. |
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> Nice way to introduce yourself on a distribution support |
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> maillist.... :') |
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I'm sorry that you find the idea of exploring "Linux variants that |
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share certain characteristics" so inflammatory and out-of-place on a |
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Linux mailing list. |
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>> I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty good |
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>> job at supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other releases, |
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>> such as Fedora, in terms of when it releases updates, etc. |
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> Huh? |
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A-huh. See http://fedoraproject.org/infofeed/ |
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>> Linux from Scratch looks very interesting: it appears to rapidly |
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>> support the latest updates and it has decent documentation. Does any |
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>> one have any perspectives on Linux from Scratch, from a Gentoo point- |
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>> of-view? Does anyone wish to share a comparison of the two? |
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> Yeah, sure... Gentoo is more fun. |
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> As for being "behind other releases"... you gotta-be-kiddin.... |
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See: http://fedoraproject.org/infofeed/ |
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See random list provided to another member on this list |
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> What and where EXACTLY is gentoo behind any other release? |
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gcc |
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openoffice |
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mysql |
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php |
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etc, etc |
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> Registered Linux User Number 185956 |
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> FSF Associate Member number 2340 since 05/20/2004 |
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> Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net |
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> Buy an Xbox for $149.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses |
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> $150.00! |
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