Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 22, 2006 03:21 PM
> I must mention though, that this was not directed at newcomers
It is exactly why I wondered aloud -- whom is this article for? Those who know a bit their way around Linux distros would likely find more than one laughable point (I don't pretend to be a guru-stuff, but even I see quite a few). Those who don't are more likely to be misinformed by this article.
> If you're tired of something that doesn't work good on your system
*I* *am* *not*.
Instead, I am tired of gentoo maniacs who try wildly to share their false hope that hours spent for rebuilding software will pay, even when the opposite is proven constantly.
If you like your toys, so be it -- no one has the right to deprive you of them. But please be honest and don't screw other folks, be they newcomers or not overly so, with false statements.
> Gentoo didn't work out of the box
On my systems, ALT Linux always Just Works (TM) right from the start. Maybe it has to do with me being a bit picky about hardware but seems like it's mostly the case for lots of people out there.
Big fat WARNING: english-speaking community around it is next to zero (even if it exists), although russian-speaking one is very strong. So most resources are in Russian, too.
It's just not that "global". Still I wonder reading testimonials to e.g. Ubuntu which is quite inferior as a consumer distro to ours IMHO (regarding hardware support, too).
Oh well. Please be honest and don't fall that easy for anything they tell you, be it "it will work absolutely best of all after night's recompiling!!!" or whatever I might whisper. Don't hesitate to employ your own head to tell what's worth it from what's not, it's just what heads are for.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-)
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re: not directed at newcomers
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 22, 2006 03:21 PMIt is exactly why I wondered aloud -- whom is this article for? Those who know a bit their way around Linux distros would likely find more than one laughable point (I don't pretend to be a guru-stuff, but even I see quite a few). Those who don't are more likely to be misinformed by this article.
> If you're tired of something that doesn't work good on your system
*I* *am* *not*.
Instead, I am tired of gentoo maniacs who try wildly to share their false hope that hours spent for rebuilding software will pay, even when the opposite is proven constantly.
If you like your toys, so be it -- no one has the right to deprive you of them. But please be honest and don't screw other folks, be they newcomers or not overly so, with false statements.
> Gentoo didn't work out of the box
On my systems, ALT Linux always Just Works (TM) right from the start. Maybe it has to do with me being a bit picky about hardware but seems like it's mostly the case for lots of people out there.
Big fat WARNING: english-speaking community around it is next to zero (even if it exists), although russian-speaking one is very strong. So most resources are in Russian, too.
It's just not that "global". Still I wonder reading testimonials to e.g. Ubuntu which is quite inferior as a consumer distro to ours IMHO (regarding hardware support, too).
Oh well. Please be honest and don't fall that easy for anything they tell you, be it "it will work absolutely best of all after night's recompiling!!!" or whatever I might whisper. Don't hesitate to employ your own head to tell what's worth it from what's not, it's just what heads are for.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:-)
Good luck!
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Michael Shigorin
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