Why I came back to Gentoo

thoughtform · Guru Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 564

I'm ashamed to say that about 6 weeks ago I had problem with my Gentoo desktop and, not having done a full re-install since September 2006 or thereabouts, I grabbed a Kubuntu Gutsy alpha3 cd a friend had given me at work and wiped my root partition and installed it.
I'm a 32 year old helpdesk tech who spends 2.5 hours per day on the road back and forth to work, and 9 hours per day at the office.
I just enrolled in an online university to get my B.S. in Information Technology.
I NEED my desktop to WORK.
I lasted 6 weeks with a few hiccups but today's update broke kdm on my system.
So, there I was, stuck in irssi with one console in recovery mode.
Where do I turn for help?? I hopped on freenode and joined one of their channels.
128 users and one user told me to check my xorg logs.
So, i quit irssi and check my Xorg log. Clean.
I come back. 127 users. No one answers my cry for help.
So, dear friends, I wander over to #gentoo
Not only am I promptly greeted but all my questions as to how the heck do I get back on Gentoo with my liveDVD iso sitting on my hard drive
are answered.
I love you folks.
Welcome back, me.

Scorpaen

t35t0r · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:30 am Post subject:

kojiro · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:31 am Post subject: Re: Why I came back to Gentoo

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rgk · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:35 am Post subject:

Long Live Gentoo!

You can't stay away from Gentoo long, I can't stay away from it ever. Tried Fedora for a few hours and got sick (livecd) I had to boot Gentoo back up!
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d2_racing · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject:

Welcome back

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enderandrew · l33t Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 731

We tried Kubuntu on my wife's laptop because she doesn't have the patience to compile. Several packages didn't work correctly, and her wireless didn't work. I tried making a custom kernel, but there were no development tools installed by default, and some Google searches didn't help out much. I tried posting on the forums, and asking in the chat room and no one was helpful. I finally got all the necessary libs to really start compiling, however when I booted in the custom kernel, the synaptic and ati modules wouldn't load because I didn't have a proper restricted-modules package for my kernel. I asked, and apparently this is a package Kubuntu puts out for their official kernels, and without it, the system blocks loading of an unofficial modules, such as the ATI driver.

I kept asking how to produce such a package, and I was told that I shouldn't run proprietary drivers, nevermind that there is no open source driver for the card in her laptop. I was also told I shouldn't ever attempt to touch or upgrade my kernel, because it is technical and stuff. I said that Kubuntu shipped with an older kernel, and that the newer kernel had an updated wireless stack, and the wireless card worked better, but I was told I should accept my older kernel and like it.

I was also told repeatedly that the root of all my problems was due to running a 64-bit install, and that the (K)ubuntu team didn't really support the 64-bit version, and that I needed to format and install a 32-bit version instead.

The community and official support there was truly horrid.
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arnvidr · Guru Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 441 Location: Oslo, Norway

I've been on Debian for over a year now, because I didn't have the hardware to keep compiling stuff all the time. Why did I choose Debian? No idea, but it's been fairly good to me. Gonna come back to Gentoo now though, I finally have the means to buy myself a new system, and I've missed Gentoo badly!
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enderandrew · l33t Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 731

At work they've been asking me to recommend a server distro, and they're considering Red Hat, CentOS, or Ubuntu. I've been trying to steer them to Debian.
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d2_racing · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject:

Yeah Debian is a great choice. At work, we are running a lot of Unix server and all the dev server are running with Debian.

Also, one of my friends that works at Universite Laval, says that 70% of all servers are running Debian.
There is currently one server that is running Gentoo, and it's my friend that is the admin

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/me touches Scorpaen in a naughty place
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frenkel · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 1034 Location: .nl

Don't expect an alpha3 release to "JUST WORK"...

Anyways, welcome back!

steveL · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:34 am Post subject: