I am back to Gentoo after 4 years

swamytk · Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:30 pm Post subject: I am back to Gentoo after 4 years

Hi Gentoo guys,

I have installed Gentoo after around 4 years. Though my production system at home is Ubuntu (login for every one at home), I always keep trying other distros also. Recently I tried Gentoo, though it took 2 days (on working day) to get complete KDE 4.3 desktop system, the system is so stable and highly responsive.

Another aspect is after around 5 years, I am using KDE for more than a week to test it. Since I like GNOME's simple interface, some times I need better configurable desktop. I have tried KDE 4 a few times in last one year on other distros, I used to get crashes and partial working desktop - uninstalled in a few hours.

Now Gentoo + KDE 4.3 => *** IT ROCKS *** I will keep evaluating this for few more weeks, most probably I will change my production system to this at least for me. Since I will do experiments on this - expecting broken system, I can't move my family member's login to this system - let them always have a stable Ubuntu desktop as working system - where I am not going to experiment any thing.

In summary, Gentoo seems to be highly usable for mass users also if you don't keep yourself on bleeding edge and experiment.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject:

swamytk,

Welcome back.

We knew you would come.
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d2_racing · Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:01 am Post subject:

Tomorrow morning, I'm gonna try KDE 4.4 on my ~amd64 box

Welcome back

Kollin · Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:19 am Post subject:

d2_racing · Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:50 pm Post subject:

There is already a fix I think.

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:17 pm Post subject:

NathanZachary · Moderator Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 2605

Welcome back. You, like those of us who have tried other distros, couldn't stay away for long.

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kernelOfTruth · Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:55 pm Post subject:

timeBandit

Tolstoi · l33t Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 678

We should think of a new sub forum for all the
- I'm fed up and leaving Gentoo
- I'm back again after 3 days
- Two years of Gentoo, that's enough!

threads.

d2_racing · Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:37 pm Post subject:

In fact, we have a lot of threads these days

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:47 am Post subject:

Bill Cosby · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:41 am Post subject:

Gentoo sucks, but is is the least sucking distro of all Linux distros out there

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d2_racing · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:04 pm Post subject:

It's one of many ways to see it.

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Muso · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:27 am Post subject:

d2_racing · Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:25 pm Post subject:

In fact, and since KDE 4.0 went out, I can tell that they made a great process.

Because KDE 4.4.0 is pretty stable on my box.