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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:23:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+czFiBhVRjdmB74_4tA6ZVyrJhzELnVEMPq96m1NJwHJPTD0Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F721D30.8090400@gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sebastian Beßler wrote:
>> On 27.03.2012 20:30, Dale wrote:
>>> May be trying Kubuntu here pretty soon.
>>
>> Be prepared for hard times using Kubuntu as it is now no major part of
>> the Ubuntu family anymore. That means much less money and much less
>> manpower. And if this issue with a init-thingy bothers you, Kubuntu will
>> be living hell. As long as (K)Ubuntu works everything is fine, but in
>> case of an error you just can't fix it. Everything is close tight to
>> everything else. Change on thing and all fails.
>>
>> Greetings
>>
>> Sebastian
>>
>
>
> Well, based on my experience with Mandrake back in the day, the init
> thingy is going to break for me here just like it did there.  I'm
> thinking about Kubuntu but I may actually decide on something else.
> Thing is, it appears Gentoo is going to break my system so I may as well
> find something that I can install lots quicker to fix what is broke.
> Kubuntu is just one option.  I installed it for my brother and it works
> fine, SO FAR.
>
> I may be jumping out of the frying pan into a fire but I think I need to
> at least try something else.  This is very true if I continue to have
> issues with the init thingy and not being able to su to root.  I know
> how to use a console but I only use it when needed.  That's not very
> often and I sort of like it that way.
>
> Barring that, I could just put everything on / and just hope nothing
> goes bonkers and fills it up with useless errors or something in the
> messages file.  I have had this happen before and /var was full, I mean
> FULL.  I divide things so that I don't get conquered when it hits the fan.
>
> One thing about Linux, it has a LOT of options.
>
> Oh, there is talk of moving more things on -dev.  If I didn't know
> better, I'd think someone was trying to just change Gentoo until it
> doesn't work any more.  I dunno.   Maybe I'm ready for a Apple now.  o_O

The reason I like Gentoo (and why I've moved so much stuff to it) is
because it lets me get in and have much finer _optional_ control over
many things with minimal fuss. Ubuntu-derived distributions make it
very, very difficult to change very, very many things, while retaining
an update-stable setup. As long as you don't have to stray to far from
their One True Way, Ubuntu (or most Linux distros, actually) should be
fine. The annoying thing about Ubuntu is how their One True Way
changes dramatically every six months to a year.

-- 
:wq



  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-27 20:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-27 10:36 [gentoo-user] InitRAMFS - boot expert sought Helmut Jarausch
2012-03-27 13:19 ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-27 13:30   ` Michael Mol
2012-03-27 14:04     ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-27 15:20       ` covici
2012-03-27 15:54         ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-27 14:33     ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-27 15:47       ` Dale
2012-03-27 17:35         ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-27 18:30           ` Dale
2012-03-27 19:27             ` Sebastian Beßler
2012-03-27 20:04               ` Dale
2012-03-27 20:23                 ` Michael Mol [this message]
2012-03-27 20:46                   ` Dale
2012-03-27 21:08                     ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-27 21:43                       ` Dale
2012-03-27 21:52                         ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-27 22:28                           ` Dale
2012-03-28  0:20                             ` David W Noon
2012-03-28  1:36                               ` Dale
2012-03-28 21:40                               ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-28 22:01                                 ` David W Noon
2012-03-28 22:26                                   ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-28 23:20                                     ` David W Noon
2012-03-29  2:24                                       ` Dale
2012-03-29  8:28                                       ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-29 12:01                                         ` David W Noon
2012-03-29 20:58                                           ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-29 21:20                                             ` pk
2012-05-19 13:33                                             ` Frank Steinmetzger
2012-03-29 23:26                                           ` wdk@moriah
2012-03-30 10:36                                             ` David W Noon
2012-03-29 12:05                                         ` [gentoo-user] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2012-03-29 13:00                                           ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-29 20:55                                           ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-29 22:10                                             ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-29 23:10                                             ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-29 14:08                                       ` [gentoo-user] " Doug Hunley
2012-03-29 16:47                                         ` David W Noon
2012-03-27 22:02                         ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-27 22:35                           ` Dale
2012-03-27 22:49                             ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-29 13:59                               ` J. Roeleveld
2012-03-29 17:36                                 ` Dale
2012-03-30  7:23                                 ` [gentoo-user] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2012-03-30  7:56                                   ` J. Roeleveld
2012-03-27 23:04                         ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2012-03-27 23:47                           ` Dale
2012-03-28  7:51                             ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-28  7:55                               ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-28 21:38                               ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-27 20:09             ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-27 16:18     ` Michael Hampicke
2012-03-27 16:50       ` Michael Mol
2012-03-27 16:57       ` Dale
2012-03-27 17:09         ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-27 20:07           ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-27 21:20             ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-27 21:38               ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-27 20:36           ` Dale
2012-03-27 20:46             ` Mark Knecht
2012-03-27 21:59               ` Dale
2012-03-27 22:14                 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-27 22:31                   ` Dale
2012-03-27 22:46                     ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-27 23:50                       ` Dale
2012-03-28  7:58                         ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-28 18:29                           ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-28 21:58                             ` pk
2012-03-28 23:20                               ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-29 17:14                                 ` pk
2012-03-29 18:06                                   ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-29 18:54                                     ` pk
2012-03-29  2:21                             ` Michael Mol
     [not found]                               ` <20120329100248.24ecb03c@digimed.co.uk>
2012-03-29 14:21                                 ` Michael Mol
2012-03-29 14:43                                   ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-29 15:58                                     ` Michael Mol
2012-03-28 15:20                   ` Allan Gottlieb
2012-03-28 16:41                     ` Alex Schuster
2012-03-28 20:44                       ` Simon
2012-03-28 21:35                     ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-29  2:38                       ` Allan Gottlieb
2012-03-29  8:43                         ` Allan Gottlieb
2012-04-03 12:27                           ` Alan McKinnon
2012-04-03 13:15                             ` Allan Gottlieb
2012-03-27 21:22             ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-27 22:01               ` Dale
2012-03-28  2:27       ` William Kenworthy
2012-03-28  5:46   ` du yang

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