From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GLpx9-0006m2-CA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:40:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k88NdGQA031764; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 23:39:16 GMT Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k88NYwgj006236 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 23:34:58 GMT Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id d42so793162pyd for ; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:34:58 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=UOhx2niAnWz8+YTKEpaDJxZSFyJYsLNlwr8zgbMTlZuJ6CzEGQ6/bwv5eLxkd1lMNyE2bb1RkyY2b+A1ESbHsrlVq4fup8ZfC7RTitIvbmzmsSdYkvOIDh0P1UqQWVNKh/pIVq39KLamFHl525DiNmroDUCms82O+rjURtd5Dqg= Received: by 10.64.249.18 with SMTP id w18mr2977121qbh; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:34:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.103? ( [24.36.7.237]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id f12sm1824698qba.2006.09.08.16.34.57; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:34:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4501FDD4.2040503@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:33:40 -0500 From: Colleen Beamer User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060904) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: chriswhite@gentoo.org, gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why you use Gentoo References: <200609080931.41246.chriswhite@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200609080931.41246.chriswhite@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5d18bcf7-eda0-48ca-8d2c-2f39ec4b7294 X-Archives-Hash: 47ef1cad8b2c66e5a81426173bb0a28d Chris White wrote: > So, wondering why people use Gentoo. Put [dev] or something if you're an > actual gentoo dev and [user] if you're a user. Doesn't need to be fancy, you > can put "community" or something if that's all you want. All responses off > list please. Thanks. [user] I'm not, but I *could* be a grandmother, so I guess I'm not the average user. I was first exposed to Gentoo when someone I know was touting the control that it gave you. I *hate* Gnome (sorry, don't mean to insult any Gnome users - it's just a personal opinion). The bloat of having to have two desktops on my system drove me nuts when I was using Redhat and then, Fedora. So, like others, control is a *big* plus - I can install only what I want! Portage - in my opinion, it is the best package manager in Linux, bar none. In Redhat and Fedora, I was always in some sort of dependency hell. I learned how to get around most of it, but I don't have to worry with Gentoo. I would be royally "p*?@ed off" if was force to use a package manager other than portage. Growth - I never edited a configuration file before using Gentoo, nor did I configure a kernel. Strange as it may sound, it was a "trip" for me to learn this stuff. I've learned more about my system and Linux in the year and a half of using it that I did in the 5 years that I used Redhat/Fedora. Documentation - Bar none, Gentoo has the best and most easily understood online documentation. In fact, I would rather read Gentoo documentation that that of the LDP! This list - I've always been able to turn to the list when I needed help, was exposed to more patience that on any other list that I have every been on - even those that were supposed to be for "newbies". I've always gotten help and the explanation was put in a way that I could understand it (Thanks guys!) Sorry, I know this is long, but there are just too many reasons why I use Gentoo and why I will stick with it! :-) Take care, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list