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 1Mb9qr-0000yf-Nw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:10:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 33926E02B8; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:10:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca (smtp-relay1j.uniserve.ca [216.210.109.128]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D157E02B8 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:10:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ip-97.57.99.216.dsl-cust.ca.inter.net ([216.99.57.97] helo=ca.inter.net) by smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mb9qn-00008l-B9 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:10:30 -0700 Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:10:28 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:10:28 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood Message-ID: <20090812091028.GA4887@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <7bef1f890908112213r5a7e08a4k7703ca14a9d9bcfb@mail.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: <7bef1f890908112213r5a7e08a4k7703ca14a9d9bcfb@mail.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: a944876f-eaff-4c4d-8364-6aa268850e82 X-Archives-Hash: 3fb23aa0259ebd1b7dbdfe1e22665579 090812 Alan E. Davis wrote: > I'm a little reluctant to say this, but it's been a couple of months now > since I switched back to Gentoo, and I want to shout out my pleasure > that this system has been performing admirably well this time around, > in comparison with earlier installations. None of the earlier installations > were unacceptable, in fact, Gentoo remained my favorite. I moved to Ubuntu > because maintainance of the Gentoo boxes was much more time consuming. Yes, that seems to be the usual reason users leave Gentoo: like owning a dog, you have to find time to maintain/exercise it. However, unlike a dog, you can catch up after a long absence: I've just finished updating the system in my stand-by box, which had hardly been touched since 0809, but everything's ok now. > I've watched Gentoo plummet in the popularity ratings, eg at distrowatch. It got a lot of attention from the neophiles c 2002 , but as with everything they soon moved on to the next latest fad. Gentoo is not for everyone: compare 'Financial Times', one of the World's best newspapers, but it takes 3 days to read 1 issue. > I've watched as the best documentation EVER on Gentoo wiki > as fallen off the edge of the world. Admin got neglected awhile, but my impression is that lessons were learned & the basic running of the distro is now well-managed. > Now, however, I have not had any such problem, or maybe I should say, > the one or two times I have it was easy to figure things out. > Is it because I'm more experienced, or perhaps more cautious? > I don't know, but I tend to think the distribution is more mature. If you insist on being at the cutting edge, sometimes you hurt your fingers. I haven't had a serious problem with Gentoo since installing it 2003 & again in my latest machine 2007 . Just last week, after Mozilla made sound the default setting for Xulrunner + Firefox, I entered a bug -- I don't want sound software in my machine -- & got a very prompt fix from the dev involved (thanks again). > And never a cranky whine, like on other lists, never any complaint. There was a silly troll last week, but everyone ignored it: yes, that's a sign of maturity. > Thank you to all the developers and all the list people > who have consistently given the highest and most professional level > of assistance to a rather clueless user. > This is typical, and always has been with Gentoo's community. The devs do need to get regular thanks for their unpaid work. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca