From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M67KY-0005Vv-UD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 18:12:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 53D21E0346; Mon, 18 May 2009 18:12:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca (smtp-relay1j.uniserve.ca [216.210.109.128]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E534E0346 for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 18:12:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ip-116.61.99.216.dsl-cust.ca.inter.net ([216.99.61.116] helo=ca.inter.net) by smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M67KV-00036H-Hl for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 May 2009 11:12:52 -0700 Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 18 May 2009 14:12:50 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 14:12:50 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading from kernel 2.6.24-rc6 to latest kernel Message-ID: <20090518181250.GF4740@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <4A09312E.9010007@gmail.com> <4A10314D.8000406@gmail.com> <20090517161814.GB4724@ca.inter.net> <20090517183249.7db361f5@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <20090518112900.GB4740@ca.inter.net> <20090518125748.224c7d1f@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <20090518140651.GD4740@ca.inter.net> <4A11881F.7010404@gmail.com> <20090518162838.GE4740@ca.inter.net> <4A11900E.7040800@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A11900E.7040800@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Sender-Info: purslow@ca.inter.net X-Scanner: OK. Scanned. X-Uniserve-Spam-Score: 0.1 1 (/) X-Uniserve-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (0.1 points) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RDNS_DYNAMIC Delivered to trusted network by host with dynamic-looking rDNS X-Archives-Salt: 9b4db8e8-fea3-492a-9da0-98f77804057b X-Archives-Hash: 842452aac89e47b0fa4eb715491607d5 090518 bn wrote: > Philip Webb ha scritto: >> With binary distros, you are stuck with whatever their makers give you. > whatever distro you're using, Linux is Linux. You're not locked out. > If my xorg.conf doesn't work (it happened with Ubuntu), > I can edit it on Ubuntu just like on Gentoo. > I can compile source packages on Ubuntu too, if needed. But don't you immediately run into all the settings & assumptions which the creators of that release of that distro have made for you ? Can you have multiple versions of a library (as via Gentoo's slots) ? You're also stuck with their kernel: how many users of Mandriva compile their own kernels ? how safe is it to use your own kernel with the rest of the distro ? You also have to accept their version of big items like KDE : if you use Slackware, you've got to use KDE 4 , like it or not (me: not); with Gentoo, you can go on using KDE 3 & its pieces much longer. If you use Ubuntu, you've got to accept their eccentric & questionable attitude to passwords, esp that they don't have a separate root password. I find that a piece of cheap popularisation contrary to UNIX principles. So if you use Mandriva or Slackware -- good binary distros both -- , you accept what's been cooked for you & are one of the crowd of diners. If you use Gentoo, you enjoy your own home cooking. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca