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 1GLoXp-0008L9-II for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:09:53 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k88M8UUK007947; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 22:08:30 GMT Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.236]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k88M3V2T031509 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 22:03:31 GMT Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id r21so905884wxc for ; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:03:30 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=KRVNl0jtlzelrnjUj2mzeSRprUEbM/H+WRH5K2t9MSYJdC+2TcJUuupUtCeMfoNbOkXo+v0/8auCuoYyOQzoCNg9DmH9wDjzF7C/gSLhFBeHRJhne/Iv0J/GB96R+orD0Ztz380hzp8KVlicmV4CzQo1wT3YFYB7/WR0MGsFcBo= Received: by 10.90.52.2 with SMTP id z2mr1175141agz; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:03:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.114.4 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 15:03:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <89646b4a0609081503k39b4a2efs63b26d2284401814@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 17:03:30 -0500 From: "Mike Myers" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why you use Gentoo In-Reply-To: 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 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_55893_9296145.1157753010545" References: <200609080931.41246.chriswhite@gentoo.org> <200609071806.36119.lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> <1157679641.6555.1.camel@statux.kicks-ass.net> <1157686294.8984.5.camel@orpheus> <20060908135549.GU19953@aikiage.rd-fi.solidtech.com> <7225537e0609080805s2a6513b1oa0b0e2ce55567718@mail.gmail.com> <45016D23.4090905@akyasociados.com.ar> X-Archives-Salt: dd30b7c0-af49-4bbe-aab9-fc376a8c38e1 X-Archives-Hash: a1d814b4e2305dd779739e27c2bf4c7b ------=_Part_55893_9296145.1157753010545 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline [user] I use and stay with Gentoo because it is the distro that I started with. I was used to windows before I used Gentoo, let alone linux. Once I got out of the windows way of thinking, then Gentoo and linux just kind of feel a bit natural. I've stayed with Gentoo because I haven't seen a good reason to switch to another one. I like the fact that it doesn't try to appeal to the masses, like Ubuntu, because the way things are done in those distros makes customization more difficult for advanced users. Also they are not as easy to tinker with. Gentoo worked for me when I was new, which was 6 years ago, and it works great for me now that I'm quite familiar with it inside and out. ------=_Part_55893_9296145.1157753010545 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline [user]

I use and stay with Gentoo because it is the distro that I started with.  I was used to windows before I used Gentoo, let alone linux.  Once I got out of the windows way of thinking, then Gentoo and linux just kind of feel a bit natural.  I've stayed with Gentoo because I haven't seen a good reason to switch to another one.  I like the fact that it doesn't try to appeal to the masses, like Ubuntu, because the way things are done in those distros makes customization more difficult for advanced users.  Also they are not as easy to tinker with.  Gentoo worked for me when I was new, which was 6 years ago, and it works great for me now that I'm quite familiar with it inside and out.
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