Re: [gentoo-user] emerge world looking grim

[Alec Ten Harmsel <alec@alectenharmsel.com>]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 08:41:48AM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
> And a note to everybody else on the list:  take it easy on the poor
> guy.  People used to other distros are used to doing things like
> blowing away their installs every other year with a fresh install.
> Release-based distros get people used to this kind of nonsense, and
> the idea that FOSS comes on a shiny DVD.  Portage's error messages
> don't always help in this regard.  Of course any Gentoo user has to be
> willing to take the time to learn some of the nuts and bolts to keep
> things running, but when it is obvious somebody doesn't understand
> what they're doing we can educate rather than just point it out.

That's fine, we could all be a bit nicer. That said, if someone wants a
distro that is fast and easy to install (which is perfectly valid to
want; I use plenty of them on a daily basis), it is important to point
out that Gentoo is neither fast nor extremely easy to install.

Alec