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* [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?
@ 2007-05-18 18:04 arnuld
  2007-05-18 18:19 ` Mauro Faccenda
  2007-05-18 20:26 ` Dan Farrell
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: arnuld @ 2007-05-18 18:04 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

OK, i found Gentoo a great incident of my life :-), 10 installations
and on 11th time i knew what went wrong in last 10 times and from
there it never went wrong ;-). i   want to use Gentoo but i have one
doubt.  i am much more inclined towards using "simple" things, like
simplicity in designing an OS. i see, CRUX and Arch are based on
simplicity, the KISS principle and nothing else.

i want to know whether Gentoo has "simplicity" or "KISS and clean"
structure in its design as an OS ?  this is the only thing that is
stopping me from using Gentoo. Gentoo philosophy says *nothing* about
simplicity, it talks only about customisation. any idea of if KISS is
present in Gentoo design ?


NOTE: i have observed one thing. i have used Gentoo for 2 days only
and now i am trying to use Arch and CRUX but i see, for me,  it is
very difficult to use and work with them them since i am getting used
to a lower level of things. happened with anybody ?
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* RE: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?
@ 2007-05-19  1:42 burlingk
  2007-05-19 20:13 ` Randy Barlow
  2007-05-20  6:33 ` Walter Dnes
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: burlingk @ 2007-05-19  1:42 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Webb [mailto:purslow@sympatico.ca] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 4:26 AM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?
<snip>
> Once you get used to it, you'll probably like Gentoo: most 
> people do. Those who leave usually are very busy in their 
> lives & simply don't have the time to keep it upto-date.
> 
If a person does not wish to stay up to date, if they simply
wish to have a stable system, is getting busy really a reason
to change operating systems?
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* RE: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?
@ 2007-05-20  6:59 burlingk
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: burlingk @ 2007-05-20  6:59 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Dnes [mailto:waltdnes@waltdnes.org] 
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:33 PM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo and KISS ?
> 
> 
> On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 10:42:22AM +0900, burlingk@cv63.navy.mil wrote
> 
> > If a person does not wish to stay up to date, if they 
> simply wish to 
> > have a stable system, is getting busy really a reason to change 
> > operating systems?
> 
>   If you're connecting to the internet, you *MUST* keep your 
> system up to date, to maintain security.  Yes even linux 
> systems have some security problems.  A lot fewer than 
> Windows, but it does happen. Problems with the actual kernel 
> are only a small part of the problem. Flash, Adobe PDF, Java, 
> etc, have had a few problems which can occur on all platforms 
> they run on.
> 
>   What's so time-consuming about once-a-week...
>   * emerge --sync
>   * emerge --ask --deep --update --world
> 
>   The update world can be started just before going to bed 
> <G>.  Update kernel once every couple of months or when a 
> GLSA requires it.
> 
> -- 
> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> In linux /sbin/init is 
> Job #1 Q. Mr. Ghandi, what do you think of Microsoft 
> security? A. I think it would be a good idea.
> -- 

For the average user (I know, the average user is not using Gentoo),
emerge --<any set of options> world is no trivial task.
For the average user, Security means padlocks and car alarms.
The average user is using their machine for movies and video games, and
doesn't have the time to fight with bugs if emerging world doesn't go
quite right. :P

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2007-05-18 18:19 ` Mauro Faccenda
2007-05-18 18:39   ` arnuld
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2007-05-18 19:05       ` arnuld
2007-05-18 19:40         ` Dale
2007-05-18 19:25     ` Philip Webb
2007-05-18 20:26 ` Dan Farrell
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2007-05-19  1:42 burlingk
2007-05-19 20:13 ` Randy Barlow
2007-05-19 21:50   ` Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
2007-05-20  1:29     ` Dan Cowsill
2007-05-20  1:33     ` Nick
2007-05-20 13:50       ` Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
2007-05-20  6:33 ` Walter Dnes
2007-05-20  7:11   ` Dan Farrell
2007-05-20  6:59 burlingk

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