Why I have came back

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tehnad · Post by **tehnad** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:38 pm

Hello Gentoo World,

I was one of those users about a year ago who gave gentoo a try, complained, swore I would never be back, and loaded Ubuntu. Soon I came to a relization that Ubuntu is great for a beginner, but crapy if you want to customize it to give it a personal feel. Switched to Debian, liked it, but strongly disliked the speed. It is slow because of all the extra crap packed into the binaries for cross compatability.

So. . . . . I loaded gentoo on my Dell laptop. It took awhile to compile gnome and X but after getting it all installed and running, I found my OS again. I love the way gentoo runs so quickly and smooth that I have wondered why I switched in the first place. After a couple minutes of careful consideration, I determined that I just didn't know sh*t about Linux and had to use the hand holding distros like Ubuntu. Now that I have a better clue, Gentoo is KING. So here I am, once sworn to never return, now ready to do what I can to help.

Props to the developers, keep it coming!!!

-TehnaD-

welp · Post by **welp** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:54 pm

Silly boy, using Ubuntu

Welcome back!

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:23 am

If you want a challenge your Gentoo skill. You can try Paludis and remove portage

Welcome back

blubbi · Post by **blubbi** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:47 pm

WB

Installed a couple of Laptops with Kubunto for some friends.... I got mad... and sweared to never support any *buntu installation again.

I can understand you came back, even when I was never in this situation.

cokey · Post by **cokey** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:19 pm

Gentoo is indeed, king

oldcodger · Post by **oldcodger** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:23 pm

I think its like most things in life. The more you stick at it the more you get out of it.

Welcome back anyway