From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sls-ce5p321.hostitnow.com ([72.9.236.50]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j5BGEaYP009964 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:14:36 GMT Received: from c-67-181-38-200.hsd1.ca.comcast.net ([67.181.38.200] helo=localhost) by sls-ce5p321.hostitnow.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.50) id 1Dh6BM-0006YX-7E for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 08:37:52 -0500 Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 22:37:51 +0900 From: Chris White <chriswhite@gentoo.org> To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] where goes Gentoo? Message-ID: <20050611223751.56c804cd@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20050606235550.GL9084@kaf.zko.hp.com> References: <20050606235550.GL9084@kaf.zko.hp.com> Organization: Gentoo X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.9 (GTK+ 2.6.7; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Sat__11_Jun_2005_22_37_51_+0900_30AtJaICO7G5cOM.; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sls-ce5p321.hostitnow.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gentoo.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Archives-Salt: 1d8bc23a-390d-4f59-a17d-a3c6c98bcee3 X-Archives-Hash: 5beb20e16e6b1e65adbaee315b69df7d --Signature_Sat__11_Jun_2005_22_37_51_+0900_30AtJaICO7G5cOM. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think the actual idea of what Gentoo does is much larger than people tend= to realize it. When Linux first came out, it was a hacker's choice and ha= s now expanded into something much greater than Linus himself I think had e= ver anticipated. Now, when this whole idea of "distributions" came to play, I think the gene= ral goals of Linux became slightly distorted. In my opinion, the goal of L= inux distributions is to get people to move to Linux. Now, each distribution does this differently. I think Gentoo mainly comes = down to customization (note, NOT SPEED). In a sense, this is why we are ab= le to work so well with the embedded ports, because we can trim things down= with that level of customization. Knoppix does it through a ready made CD= that users can see what linux looks like. Fedora does it through a binary= package system and automated hardware detection. Debian does it through a= binary packaging system as well as a somewhat well monitored release syste= m. All in all, everyone's got their own means to meet the same goal, getti= ng people to move to Linux. In the end I think that's why it's sometimes frustrating when I see x sucks= and y sucks, just to say they suck. Now, saying "I think you should choos= e x over y because z and z best meets your goals" is something far better. So to sum it up, it's not really (for me maybe) about enterprise v. hobbyis= t, it's about moving ANYONE over to Linux, period. Chris White --Signature_Sat__11_Jun_2005_22_37_51_+0900_30AtJaICO7G5cOM. Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCqukzFdQwWVoAgN4RAkAXAJ9bsqlqS3yULHwpgRY+R1AROVFMBwCeIdY2 L7bUsMXZ8LBIONhqcmPXfj0= =K/Hg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Sat__11_Jun_2005_22_37_51_+0900_30AtJaICO7G5cOM.-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list