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 1N7H2L-0006Hq-1y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:19:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C042E0C81; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:19:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.158]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF8B7E0C81 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:19:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so609971fgg.10 for ; Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:19:07 -0800 (PST) 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:message-id; bh=y80nWYAQohYxeahdnCcW/WXJVWZGJwtnkIzjk6PMPUo=; b=UlUdFPkhUUvWYDioWzEGRaGanZox6yva8dbrsPScHk0MBJuO1X11qFdlFgeGEuj965 DSexdpLZ9vQ7Axy9rLSDPWQvf8B/zVB8pYPbW1sdMk8Pj8ZVpPRfibaeeYe3QZhBe9O7 6Bp8Ml/FiGs2cg7GgPSsl0s1Z50ddY80omSTo= 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:message-id; b=K+FtDCwW5yWHjCVsxq9h0HC5F0cWKzp1xYpFeZqphxTXrdXr5o0uAS+QQaAYX+lPwe 6G+lyyble1FegtZ4BpBsJ4kc8gz9UNuRPbGRNabE3tk5rQG0UkUy8qnOWguJ2k43En3d 9BG3f8v3h4LbxAx6tJ2Z7fmG2e7AN9LcWmVdI= Received: by 10.87.40.40 with SMTP id s40mr7677055fgj.74.1257722347251; Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:19:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-153-40-rrdg-esr-2.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.153.40]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l12sm5650191fgb.12.2009.11.08.15.19.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:19:06 -0800 (PST) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: decrapify your kernel config WAS: ps shows pegasus process running - what is it? Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:18:04 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.90 (Linux/2.6.31-zen6; KDE/4.3.73; x86_64; ; ) References: <39CFC182-B039-4D26-9880-DC26485DF8F2@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <200911090034.09362.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4AF74E0A.1070004@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4AF74E0A.1070004@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-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200911090118.04797.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 07150b74-86c7-4b45-b253-adf043b1eb5c X-Archives-Hash: a0b7db1c2a1a5f9426e1cd12722690a4 On Monday 09 November 2009 01:02:34 Dale wrote: > I do find this funny tho. Someone spends the better part of a day > installing Gentoo but doesn't think building their own kernel is worth > it. Most compiles take longer to finish than configing a kernel. > Here's a funnier one: I've actually seen posts from people who think nothing of running emerge -e world in an attempt to "fix" some perceived "problem". And they do it often. In the next breath they say they prefer gedit because all that bash stuff is complicated. I dunno, I just don't. It looks too much like a mechanic who has deep issues with the design of spanners. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com