From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAD8F198003 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:31:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E74AE0763; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:31:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-f65.google.com (mail-oa0-f65.google.com [209.85.219.65]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3423EE0759 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:31:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f65.google.com with SMTP id k14so4377149oag.4 for ; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:31:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=D3thhakxnw/ylddehR1mikqPLMk366eSSRlPB9WWfk0=; b=xqunlGIE4hPAgU+wfLlRmJzeOug5HyT179WcVPXDYc93Vq8Sc9X8cLr+nww36vDMOy cMqB9K5YTnTo32PJjD4rirw7KZC0ncVoTzNcPwYNg0hdfxRto4DMcvRa9CVsdRlhiu+H ke5V1FTCTY3Uf1Vrek5HdrtdJ2mvnYAKC/uJL2n0Dqwq34qZTpStZlhB8qi/Vpdq5yI7 KtL6iV73jTgusBh9b+Yn4kF/mATMvA9O5m/wSr97wOhYfyF9I5BumtXrPz2JL4uKevTn gBL0dYtEljUIIk4i9GUzvD30LxZiVz5pf/Z+h1JtpMwgjyM9jcEoCYrxz4zk7Hx29ELq aJYg== 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 X-Received: by 10.60.24.136 with SMTP id u8mr20664470oef.9.1362508295332; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:31:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.169.134 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:31:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:31:35 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-user] The new Gentoo user and the Kernel From: Henson Sturgill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8ff2510af26dbf04d731ae9d X-Archives-Salt: a535b622-a405-4f70-a4de-e538d0f9e17a X-Archives-Hash: 039e693564ad9afd02021a52cabb1c1e --e89a8ff2510af26dbf04d731ae9d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi! I'm new to Gentoo, but really loving the amount of control it provides (I'm guessing all Gentoo-users are control freaks?) During my initial install, I forgot to enable tmpfs -- though it was clearly printed in the manual. While looking for a solution, I saw countless forum posts from users with the same "problem". Which makes me wonder.. Why not patch the default config to have these items enabled? Is it a legacy thing, a way to force users into reading documentation and becoming more self sufficient, or are we just trying to stay true to the upstream developers? Maybe something else? Thanks! --e89a8ff2510af26dbf04d731ae9d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi!

I'm new to Gentoo, but= really loving the amount of control it provides (I'm guessing all Gent= oo-users are control freaks?) During my initial install, I forgot to enable= tmpfs -- though it was clearly printed in the manual.

While looking for a solution, I saw countless forum posts from us= ers with the same "problem". Which makes me wonder..

Why not patch the default config to have these items enabled?

Is it= a legacy thing, a way to force users into reading documentation and becomi= ng more self sufficient, or are we just trying to stay true to the upstream= developers? Maybe something else?

Thanks!
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