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wjholden l33t
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 826 Location: Augusta, GA
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:02 am Post subject: Gentoo rocks! |
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I just posted a support question, but otherwise this is my first post on f.g.o. in years. It's awesome to be back!
When I last used Gentoo, back in '06ish, Gentoo Chat was full of "Goodbye Gentoo" threads. Now I immediately see two or three other "I'm back" threads. Amazing! Things must have improved considerably since I last used this flexible, powerful distro.
Initial thoughts, for those interested:
* back in 05 or so people were talking about graphical installers. I remember VidaLinux from Mexico stirred some excitement for a brief time. Appears all interest in a graphical Gentoo installer has disappeared.
* Arch Linux is serious competition for Gentoo among "I know my command line but refuse to wear a pocket protector"-type geeks. Arch is actually pretty sweet and easy to use if you're familiar with Linux. The big thing that immediately distinguishes Gentoo is not Portage but the documentation and help available; inconsistently maintained wiki pages don't compare to the official Gentoo Handbook.
* Gentoo's major appeal to veterans is you can actually make things work. This might sound crazy to the poor soul trying ot make this sound card squeak. Other distros engineer a product they think you want, so if you want something slightly/significantly different you're screwed. You're screwed with Gentoo, also, but at least you have the tools and openness to figure it out yourself if you really want to.
* What's with all the negative PR? For that matter, where's the positive PR? I'm surprised I haven't seen back-to-back articles about Gentoo hackers putting portage into the Android Market? If it's happening it isn't making /. like it used to. Do you (we?) still get interesting bug reports about users? What happened to funroll-loops and RealOTW? |
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Yamakuzure Advocate
Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2284 Location: Adendorf, Germany
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:15 am Post subject: |
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welcome back! _________________ Important German:- "Aha" - German reaction to pretend that you are really interested while giving no f*ck.
- "Tja" - German reaction to the apocalypse, nuclear war, an alien invasion or no bread in the house.
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likewhoa l33t
Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 778 Location: Brooklyn, New York
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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Larry The Cow knew you would eventually come back... |
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cryptosteve Veteran
Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Posts: 1169 Location: GER
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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They all come back .. _________________ - born to create drama -
gpg: 0x9B6C7E15
CS Virtual Travel Bug: VF6G5D |
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nbittech n00b
Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 13 Location: Western North Carolina
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:51 am Post subject: |
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Come back, I just got here (using Gentoo for about three months now), and I don't plan on leaving. Sure beats the AUR or listening to the neighborhood Ubuntu/Mint fanboy. Gentoo is cool to the average geek now, everybody's using it. _________________ Was it cat-5 or cat-6? Well I dunno, but I do know that I need a new LCD screen on my laptop now. |
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invasivenorman n00b
Joined: 06 Feb 2012 Posts: 28 Location: ::1
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:51 pm Post subject: Gentoo forks & Gentoo toasters on sale at Ikea |
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evilwm & mrxvt & tcsh. Yeah, it's kinda nice when stuff just works. |
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bigbangnet Apprentice
Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 174
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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likewhoa wrote: | Larry The Cow knew you would eventually come back... |
speaking of which, I just saw her wife.
ps: hope I wont get in trouble for posting this _________________ I'm a noob, be gentle with me. TEACH ME |
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