Re: [gentoo-user] pain, PAIN, and more pain again.

[Dr Rainer Woitok <rainer.woitok@gmail.com>]

Alan,

On Saturday, 2022-06-18 23:54:26 -0400, you wrote:

> ...
> At this point in time, if you have a problem, especially on linux, it is
> almost never the problem that existed before a penguin tried to solve it
> for you.

Perhaps Ubuntu would be your friend?

> ...
> Example:
> 
> Old way:
> 
> "My boot drive is plugged into this port on the motherboard"
> 
> New way:
> 
> Spend hours figuring out what your UUID is, create a physical pocket
> folder (which you will subsequently have to store and manage) with the
> UUID which is long and complex and copy it by hand, very carefully, then
> set that up in your mtab....

Old way:

Write a message on parchment,  roll the parchment up  and seal it,  then
hand it to your most reliable friend who will mount his fastest mare and
ride off ...

That's as reliable as your best friend and as fast as his fastest mare.

New way:

Fire up a computer,  open a mail application with an awkward user inter-
face,  write a mail using a sloppy keyboard,  thus introducing plenty of
typos (including in the receiver's  email address),  above all depend on
misconfigured name servers,  mail servers,  power stations, you-name-it,
and eventually get back a non-delivery-notice ...

That's as unreliable as it can be.

Sincerely,
  Rainer