Re:Gentoo is great on the Server - and on the Desk
Posted by: Administrator
on September 20, 2006 12:15 PM
I use Gentoo since a year ago in my desktop system, and I couldn't be happier with any distro.
I've used Red Hat, Mandrake and Debian Sarge, and they were good, but I don't need to flame them just because I've found something better (_for me_).
The problem is that Gentoo is not a distro for everyone. You MUST be interested in how a computer works if you want to have fun with Gentoo.
In fact, if I have to install a Linux to any friend, my choice will be always Ubuntu/Kubuntu, but I wouldn't install Ubuntu in my computer. It's the perfect distro for anyone that only wants to USE his computer, in the easiest possible way.
However, if this friend is a computer g33k and wants to have fun, we will probably install Gentoo. I've done that with some friends, and now they are gentoo-geeks (and some of them even have a girlfriend o_O!).
Btw, there are no KDE or Xorg updates since months. I haven't compile any package in weeks, and my system is fully functional and updated. And, if I want to update my system, I leave it compiling while I sleep. Sorry, but I can't see the problem. I am too unsocial-geek?<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:(
>> "Sounds more like you can now cut & paste from the Gentoo manuals"
Ok. What Gentoo can't do is to _force_ you to learn things. The documentation is there, so you can:
1.- go and copy/paste without understanding anything (then you are not interested in hoy your system works, then probably Gentoo is not for you)
2.- go, read the documentation, search for additional documentation to understand how it works, and then copy/paste _or_ write your own better code.
Anyway I think this happens in every distro, you can copy/paste or learn how to do it. User's choice. Even in Ubuntu. If you don't want to know what's happening behind the scenes, it's because you don't want to.
>> "AFAIK there is no way to cherry-pick upgrades."
Oh, yes, you can. There are some packages that I don't want to upgrade (in example, the new version of yakuake sux), I tell it to portage, and portage doesn't upgrade them. I can even configure what versions I want and what don't. Anyway, I don't understand why are you upgrading gcc every day, I haven't compiled gcc in months. I only compiled it some weeks ago because I switched to an "unstable" version to test things.
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Re:Gentoo is great on the Server - and on the Desk
Posted by: Administrator on September 20, 2006 12:15 PMI've used Red Hat, Mandrake and Debian Sarge, and they were good, but I don't need to flame them just because I've found something better (_for me_).
The problem is that Gentoo is not a distro for everyone. You MUST be interested in how a computer works if you want to have fun with Gentoo.
In fact, if I have to install a Linux to any friend, my choice will be always Ubuntu/Kubuntu, but I wouldn't install Ubuntu in my computer. It's the perfect distro for anyone that only wants to USE his computer, in the easiest possible way.
However, if this friend is a computer g33k and wants to have fun, we will probably install Gentoo. I've done that with some friends, and now they are gentoo-geeks (and some of them even have a girlfriend o_O!).
Btw, there are no KDE or Xorg updates since months.
I haven't compile any package in weeks, and my system is fully functional and updated.
And, if I want to update my system, I leave it compiling while I sleep. Sorry, but I can't see the problem. I am too unsocial-geek?<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:(
>> "Sounds more like you can now cut & paste from the Gentoo manuals"
Ok. What Gentoo can't do is to _force_ you to learn things. The documentation is there, so you can:
1.- go and copy/paste without understanding anything (then you are not interested in hoy your system works, then probably Gentoo is not for you)
2.- go, read the documentation, search for additional documentation to understand how it works, and then copy/paste _or_ write your own better code.
Anyway I think this happens in every distro, you can copy/paste or learn how to do it.
User's choice.
Even in Ubuntu.
If you don't want to know what's happening behind the scenes, it's because you don't want to.
>> "AFAIK there is no way to cherry-pick upgrades."
Oh, yes, you can. There are some packages that I don't want to upgrade (in example, the new version of yakuake sux), I tell it to portage, and portage doesn't upgrade them. I can even configure what versions I want and what don't.
Anyway, I don't understand why are you upgrading gcc every day, I haven't compiled gcc in months. I only compiled it some weeks ago because I switched to an "unstable" version to test things.
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