Re: Life after Gentoo?

>From: Clay Scott <rudeboy@gci.net>
>To: aklug@aklug.org
>Subject: Re: Life after Gentoo?
>Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:13:55 -0800
>
>well, a point would be that not everyone needs (or wants) a distro like
>gentoo. my opinion is that they're more flash-in-the-pan gimmicks rather
>than anything with any real staying power. as this thread points out gentoo
>is one of the most recently introduced distros, saw an immense amount of
>community adoption to only have people start dumping it a few short years
>later. i'll admit that's as much for the afore-mentioned "dumbed down
>users" and the people who think compiling for three weeks makes their
>systems uber l33t as it is for the growing aggravation caused by portage
>(arguably gentoo's sole claim to fame).
>
>i prefer to configure my system by hand, i prefer to install what i want
>from source (with the ability to uninstall), i dislike excessive automation
>at the cost of knowledge and i don't like relying on some repository to
>dictate what i can and can't install. i, and people like me, get along just
>fine with slackware. i have no vested interest in what anyone else uses so
>either way my recommendation stands.
>
>~clay

I fully agree! Thumbs up duder. So, have ya played with linux from scratch
yet? ;)

--bests,
eddie

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Received on Mon Aug 22 18:57:12 2005