Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood

[bn <brullonulla@gmail.com>]

Philip Webb ha scritto:
> 090812 Alan E. Davis wrote:
>> I'm a little reluctant to say this, but it's been a couple of months now
>> since I switched back to Gentoo, and I want to shout out my pleasure
>> that this system has been performing admirably well this time around,
>> in comparison with earlier installations.  None of the earlier installations
>> were unacceptable, in fact, Gentoo remained my favorite.  I moved to Ubuntu
>> because maintainance of the Gentoo boxes was much more time consuming.
> 
> Yes, that seems to be the usual reason users leave Gentoo:
> like owning a dog, you have to find time to maintain/exercise it.

I am starting to be in trouble using Gentoo for this very reason. Once I
used it on my desktop system, which was OK to be "under repair" once in
a while, since I had my workstation at work. Now I moved abroad and I
only have my laptop to use for all -home and work. If it is hosed, I am
lost (I have the OS X partition but it is basically useless for my job).

So I am becoming very reluctant in updating critical components -one
example is my kernel, which is basically untouched since I installed, in
late 2007. I know it's counterproductive, because the more I wait, the
worse it is, but it's always a matter of time, and I don't have that
time -not to update per se, which I have, but to face problems in case
critical updates don't go smooth.

Any advice on this kind of situation? I would rather not buy a "backup
laptop".

> However, unlike a dog, you can catch up after a long absence:

Heh, I hope so!

m.