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 1RXKL8-0005xD-DM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:15:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3F06221C165; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 22:14:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 123AA21C119 for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 22:11:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbds1 with SMTP id ds1so5987707wgb.10 for ; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:11:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0PU2WhzcNpB8f0mT65m/O6JPJb+3nt67WveWqQSiq6M=; b=P0cxZDX6JEMthsI4ReM+0pO/h3PGe8h95ojFBLeCN/289GMJZ6d3xVrUzRiOUHjdQj cKlMWuStlEY5pAxk5CXJ269NFYQ5RIstGzHPJulMp4/H0H+WzwVFzn6EnQxERafyhUJe H7qvYtX1qpGy1XLNwFeKiM87KeFy2ERqaogyY= Received: by 10.227.59.205 with SMTP id m13mr6280528wbh.28.1323036687165; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:11:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from rohan.example.com ([196.215.144.97]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b5sm24623046wbh.4.2011.12.04.14.11.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:11:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:11:08 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse Message-ID: <20111205001108.7e52aff9@rohan.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20111204204526.4eb2b5a4@digimed.co.uk> References: <2313650.7AYt18jPXV@localhost> <8762hw1mf3.fsf@newsguy.com> <20111204135528.6def805e@digimed.co.uk> <20111204180709.640c013f@rohan.example.com> <4EDBA31E.7060404@gmail.com> <4EDBAAE3.10001@wonkology.org> <20111204193727.50e82444@rohan.example.com> <20111204204526.4eb2b5a4@digimed.co.uk> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4f5fe0a9-e914-457d-b8a9-bca4b81dcf53 X-Archives-Hash: b8d255d439ceaabba677d3976f7bc39c On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 20:45:26 +0000 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 19:37:27 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > An equally good question is "does this person right now asking me a > > question have what it takes to dive into Gentoo blindly, and swim?" > > The other question is "do I have time to keep diving in to rescue this > person when they get out of their depth". When you recommend Gentoo, > you also volunteer to provide support. I was going to mention something like that too. But every time I do, I get flamed badly for being an elitist dick. Must have something to do with the way I express myself :-) I reckoned this time I'd try a different tack and attempt to keep the thread on-topic and relevant... -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com