Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now

[thegeezer <thegeezer@thegeezer.net>]

On 25/11/14 23:35, Emanuele Rusconi wrote:
> On 25 November 2014 at 23:42, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>> The point was that it could be changed. […]
>>
>> […] It's about as on-topic and relevant as WinXP.
> No, the point was that sometimes even a small annoyance is plenty
> enough to drive people away.
Let ma add a "me too"
I was quite happy on ubuntu with gnome2 and compiz on the desktop
then unity came along with the sidebar that you couldn't move/hide and a
semi broken compiz
so i moved to bodhi and jeff had really done well to create it but
importantly i had my desktop cube back
then bodhi 2 with the new version of enlightenment and i lost my compiz cube
i could live with the loss of the 3d cube because enlightenment is awesome
but then i tried update my system and sadly jeff had slipped with the
update of the distro, and because it is esentially ubuntu i thought no
bother, here we go.
it _sort of_ worked
so i tried gnome3 on a live disk and omg even less configurable when
that came out without about 100 extra utils that some work for some
version and others for another.... yeah i've no time for that
so i thought look, i have gentoo on all servers why the big headache
with gentoo on the desktop?
i already knew loads about X and session management etc but all of this
was useless to me, all i needed was gentoo and an enlightenment overlay
and i was 90% there

in short: the power of linux is that mostly data and programs are very
separated and it is very easy to jump ship when you lose features. also
long term release jumps do not upgrade well.  I can tell you more
stories of having to "reinstall over the top" every five years and then
apt-get  install $fromsavedfile
> The point was that when you feel that the distro you're using takes a
> direction that doesn't fit you, you look for alternatives.
> And that's perfectly on-topic.
>
> What's off-topic is to figure out if the damn buttons could actually
> be moved or not.
>
> -- Emanuele Rusconi
>