From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-159317-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>
Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80])
by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C81FA13838B
for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:40:29 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34C80E092E;
Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:40:22 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183])
(using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
(No client certificate requested)
by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 00826E0903
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:40:20 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 894A534042A
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:40:19 +0000 (UTC)
X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -1.118
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.118 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5
tests=[AWL=0.592, BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001,
FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7,
SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01]
autolearn=no
Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1])
by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
with ESMTP id BrWEPWWpUD03 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>;
Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:40:14 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3])
(using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
(No client certificate requested)
by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F02253402C3
for <gentoo-user@gentoo.org>; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:40:13 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69)
(envelope-from <lnx-gentoo-user@m.gmane.org>)
id 1XeEVT-0001UR-1M
for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:40:07 +0200
Received: from c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net ([24.118.110.103])
by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian))
id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00
for <gentoo-user@gentoo.org>; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:40:07 +0200
Received: from grant.b.edwards by c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian))
id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00
for <gentoo-user@gentoo.org>; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:40:07 +0200
X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Six non-Gentoo installs
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:39:54 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <m1kmpq$9g3$1@ger.gmane.org>
References: <m1k8hs$qed$1@ger.gmane.org> <543DBD20.6000307@alectenharmsel.com>
X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org
X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net
User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux)
Precedence: bulk
List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org>
X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
X-Archives-Salt: e2eb349d-17af-45e9-b08f-180c9a4a94fd
X-Archives-Hash: c61d761d59dd25cd7730bd02ee6b8811
On 2014-10-15, Alec Ten Harmsel <alec@alectenharmsel.com> wrote:
> The main problem (imnho) is that you think CentOS cares about
> configurability/multiple ways of doing things.
Oh, I don't think that -- it's pretty obvious that in the RedHat
world, choice is not an option. It's one prix fixe menu, and you can
either eat what's set in front of you or go hungry.
> They do not. They have their packages and their way of doing things,
> following TUV so that the distro is easily supportable. When
> installing, you just have to keep clicking next like a robot.
>> I'm more convinced than ever that Gentoo is the way to go for my
>> "real" systems...
>
> Definitely agree; any systems that I spend a substantial amount of time
> using run Gentoo. Nothing else is equal. I mostly run it on my home
> server because I want it to Just Work (tm) without any work on my part.
> It also prevents me from playing around too much with USE and other
> things, which is another bonus as I get more work done ;)
And you avoid being forced every couple years to choose between a
major version upgrade (which invariably turns into to a minor
disaster) or reinstall from scratch (which usually turns out a little
better, but requires that normal work stop for several days).
--
Grant