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 1QQFFA-0007FK-98 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 08:51:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B31F1C02A; Sat, 28 May 2011 08:50:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52B3E1C02A for ; Sat, 28 May 2011 08:50:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com ([209.85.215.181]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQFDg-001r7R-KU for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 15:50:04 +0700 Received: by eyh5 with SMTP id 5so1010269eyh.40 for ; Sat, 28 May 2011 01:49:59 -0700 (PDT) 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 Received: by 10.14.2.93 with SMTP id 69mr1138996eee.211.1306572598994; Sat, 28 May 2011 01:49:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.48.14 with HTTP; Sat, 28 May 2011 01:49:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201105281006.34986.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <201105281006.34986.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 15:49:58 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Goodbye, Gentoo From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 049ef9abb0e4012b5ce04ec307472210 On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 15:06, Alan McKinnon wrot= e: > Apparently, though unproven, at 01:28 on Friday 27 May 2011, Kevin O'Gorm= an > did opine thusly: > >> It looks like it's time to take Gentoo off of my main machine. =C2=A0I f= eel a >> little sad about it, or I'd just quietly go away. > > I know how you feel :-) > > I've tried to get away from Gentoo several times, and failed. The amount = of > work we all put into keeping things working is best described as "bat shi= t > crazy", but we do it anyway. Maybe it's like a drug thing, we all need a = daily > fix or we need to prove we can still do it. > Shhh... don't let the Narc Task Force hear that!! That said, I agree... control-freaks like me feel... lost... when using binary-based distros. Rgds, --=20 Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com