From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MbCMu-0006cq-MJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:51:48 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 70EEEE031D; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:51:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f210.google.com (mail-ew0-f210.google.com [209.85.219.210]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B1DE031D for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:51:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy6 with SMTP id 6so2681044ewy.34 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:51:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=y3OYrgQO87L2d8YxWzniD1K3N1YLjbp+KXctS3k5Dqs=; b=vJ2jNi/PYqv+VTIP5zL+UiE5pdk8qsAu+890oOlen7CQpnD3PwijKLHECBzQlXS5GX melUgUNZx/Yaazq21+rNXhXHFhpiePA3/UTro5AmTQUT6DJ0yr5Wd8hDd14T5X7LSdFG moRJ7b7kPlqDUk6C0XeAPk/8D2hllT+1kBcF4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=BamCSwrjFSzDyzxOYg/e6T7XoXPIvcTH9JYuS1dd0jcxKtQM8OPdwu/S4AzsA8/L8f RxpEdvwdgplaG2f0CMtRpER124Ki1rvfNR7ZwzsqO3hgebI6ueenwjyHUfocRV3e11W8 RZnX+qrjwzggqPCKBorKDgOqrRyqN7axl3JpA= Received: by 10.210.143.20 with SMTP id q20mr49702ebd.45.1250077906445; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:51:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.2? (cpc2-cmbg14-0-0-cust882.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [213.106.91.115]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 10sm2399199eyd.37.2009.08.12.04.51.42 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:51:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A82AADF.70600@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:43:27 +0100 From: bn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090707) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood References: <7bef1f890908112213r5a7e08a4k7703ca14a9d9bcfb@mail.gmail.com> <20090812091028.GA4887@ca.inter.net> In-Reply-To: <20090812091028.GA4887@ca.inter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f9029e94-8c8f-4625-8c18-4aa6c8ad1ddd X-Archives-Hash: b4d7c3a3375f87d6e8f15ae588d936f1 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.