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 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-56946-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1GxQdO-00066y-Go for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:19:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBLGGbxv029400; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:16:37 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBLGCBf3021148 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:12:11 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c31so4757971nfb for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:12:10 -0800 (PST) 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:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qUq+iu5ft57jLk74sYiVK6kmSPDOXWnrgSIHjmdda5Haj5MDAd8CLxmU0PSV1bg+yjZVwHsLd9qWNKAcJR+OYPOPJDVtk3UlDEZRUIDXyQ9qvz4OVofGc8hsjTRi3be3JUcVywA5V+/0qbnSf9ouhVN3p9GRitBeAiDV+o8DHRM= Received: by 10.82.107.15 with SMTP id f15mr1945015buc.1166717530828; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:12:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.178.3 with HTTP; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:12:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8a0028260612210812g2c40c725hf594adb9b0095799@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:12:10 +0000 From: "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy? In-Reply-To: <458AB125.9000209@exceedtech.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b0612200916p118815d3t2c69e08b83d97a98@mail.gmail.com> <3D60AF2712C16D42A38076E52FD6E3D23F0BCA@ukmcrdembx01.rd.astrazeneca.net> <5bdc1c8b0612200942w454754b6qe35f44010cd00fbd@mail.gmail.com> <200612210920.42557.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> <8a0028260612210755g3e3f9ce8t1ca349fd4f11d084@mail.gmail.com> <458AB125.9000209@exceedtech.net> X-Archives-Salt: d3471379-dff8-46c5-bc12-5ca5f558abfc X-Archives-Hash: b469df67c709a9c1eea945300b450bcd On 21/12/06, Dale <dalek@exceedtech.net> wrote: > > All things considered, Mandrake is easier to install than windoze any > day. You think about it, you set up the drives, select ALL the software > you can fit and hit the install button. How easy is that? You only > have to reboot once too. I counted six reboots the last time I > installed XP for somebody. It took longer too. Then you get to install > the software you had to buy, including anti-virus, adware protection, > trojan watchers and all that. > > Yea, I pick Linux. > Precisely. Jeff http://latedeveloperbasketcase.blogspot.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list