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 1MFrWm-0007P0-Al for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:21:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED02BE01D8; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:21:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f207.google.com (mail-gx0-f207.google.com [209.85.217.207]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D00B8E01D8 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:21:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk3 with SMTP id 3so15078427gxk.10 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:21:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=x5eaqFdbYv3z76gT53pvSoJT7E3FYDWjggSNIWgiZNQ=; b=GUItaAKphUhxDem4SdTYLX++HfFeNWKaBjaTOPapmZ0zPu0YA/2aAB4d3h5NqyVBqo gcc37c8DAkMA6l26uK7KuCXy544bSNGYBnsU26koEniF7UsbYeuEbjZOT9j481gHRzdY 41dmmUgSL6szfsks5m0MUBxMkk8B6m0GWI/Uk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=dI/fIenmqC9s41GDCOn3Vy3M9I8bFT4k7Tapv6uorbwCLXSys5Y5IiOzfJZC1xPc7l zGBOeihtrRtBid0ur8GRMSlJUui6ZxY/05EDIWo5JupDvQBm3i03L+fbQr4JAjMncPlB 0GVYW9lE714N4QGoqlv9QgSJF3mzmxaa3EImA= Received: by 10.90.83.2 with SMTP id g2mr3316139agb.116.1244992548350; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:15:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-153-123-rrdg-esr-2.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.153.123]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 38sm5440816agd.9.2009.06.14.08.15.46 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:15:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:14:12 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.4 (Linux/2.6.30-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.2.4; x86_64; ; ) References: <4A34D8DA.5010902@gmail.com> <200906141355.43171.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4A34FA08.2080100@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A34FA08.2080100@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="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200906141714.12497.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: d478f516-28cf-4c7c-ac78-a34b551953e5 X-Archives-Hash: b65c70b54b28505121c0e6a7d9611b2b On Sunday 14 June 2009 15:24:24 AG wrote: > What you will do is spend an insane amount of time trying to figure out > what a certain USE flag actually does an if you want it. Debian doesn't > give you that choice. > > > Is this an example of that infinite adaptability of Gentoo as a > metadistro? Yes. In fact, this is Gentoo's major strength - the ability to have a customized installation that does exactly what you want with no additional junk, an do it in an automated sane fashion that can be maintained. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com