From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB5B1389E2 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:57:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 18E1FE0881; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:57:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2F1EE085E for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:57:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 9ECFA2A977 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:57:03 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:56:58 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now Message-ID: <20141126005658.30f56025@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <546EE70C.2050506@yourstruly.sx> <20141121173600.GA1029@ca.inter.net> <547370D2.50009@marc-stuermer.de> <54737886.a3a7700a.6f81.4209@mx.google.com> <20141124210516.53a54a90@digimed.co.uk> <54740bae.c12a980a.75de.01e4@mx.google.com> <20141125084110.1991c9f0@digimed.co.uk> <5474b82b.e405980a.0c3e.1da0@mx.google.com> <20141125173748.4bcd4131@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <5474c2f2.0306980a.620b.1e3f@mx.google.com> <20141125194953.6f5bcfda@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <5474e5f9.67c7700a.58f2.266a@mx.google.com> <20141125224214.7d6ec4e9@digimed.co.uk> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1-29-ga10cf7 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/q75AgLZENE2Ni8IWah8ebH0"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 27a90e3c-ee27-4014-aebb-89d4c6c62753 X-Archives-Hash: d7ccfc32d2b5d06a979e8e9c65d6c8bc --Sig_/q75AgLZENE2Ni8IWah8ebH0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:35:18 +0100, Emanuele Rusconi wrote: > > The point was that it could be changed. [=E2=80=A6] > > > > [=E2=80=A6] It's about as on-topic and relevant as WinXP. =20 >=20 > No, the point was that sometimes even a small annoyance is plenty > enough to drive people away. Well, if you put it like that. > The point was that when you feel that the distro you're using takes a > direction that doesn't fit you, you look for alternatives. > And that's perfectly on-topic. In which case, > What's off-topic is to figure out if the damn buttons could actually > be moved or not. so is this, as it determines the level of annoyance. Changing distros because of a default for a configuration is like changing your car because the ashtray is full. Yes, that's a totally spurious analogy, as was the distro-switch that spawned this sub-thread. --=20 Neil Bothwick Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is 100%. --Sig_/q75AgLZENE2Ni8IWah8ebH0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlR1JV8ACgkQum4al0N1GQOXiwCfVpS4K7giZwxxYwWHhgbCVzrs QR8AoMq7qjRCqfdF2VffpwwBB34IDYSZ =CJ0x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/q75AgLZENE2Ni8IWah8ebH0--