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Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 16:31:14 +0200
From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse
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On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 01:55:20 -0500
LinuxIsOne <linuxisone@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Claudio Roberto Fran=C3=A7a Pereira
> <spideybr@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> > Going back to Ubuntu bashing, I think that the multiple versions,
> > multiple repositories, multiple software choices (gnome 2, then
> > unity, for example, hal then no hal) get in the way of the newbie
> > user. Gentoo solves that by making the user understand what he's
> > doing, how he's system works.
>=20
> But at least the user should be know what he is going to do in the
> only way possible - CLI!
>=20
That's not a workable approach in the big wide world out there.
It's simplistic taken to the point of extreme.
--=20
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com