Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-21 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Thu, Sep 20 2012, Paul Hartman wrote: In newer version of portage you can add fixlafiles to FEATURES and there is no need to manually run the lxfilefixer program. Thanks. I hadn't seen this before. It is in the make.conf man page for my system which is ~amd64. So I assume newer versions

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-20 Thread Daniel Wagener
On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:55:37 +0200 Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: lafilefixer --justfixit. The last one, lafilefixer --justfixit is especially valuable as it gets right of a huge gigantic steaming pile of crap that a) should never have been there at all in the first place and

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-20 Thread Dale
Daniel Wagener wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:55:37 +0200 Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: lafilefixer --justfixit. The last one, lafilefixer --justfixit is especially valuable as it gets right of a huge gigantic steaming pile of crap that a) should never have been there at all

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-15 Thread Graham Murray
Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com writes: and for a simple reason: ml have always been. So 'old timers' and 'people knowing their crap' hang around those. Then came AOL, eternal September and forums for this new crop of lol users. And since like minded people love to

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:33:05 -0700 Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Like Paul and many others I've never looked back. I'm no power user, and contrary to a lot of the press out there I don't think you need to be to use this distro. That's actually quite perceptive and correct. You

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Alex Schuster
Alan McKinnon writes: On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:33:05 -0700 Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Like Paul and many others I've never looked back. I'm no power user, and contrary to a lot of the press out there I don't think you need to be to use this distro. That's actually quite

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 05:43:09 -0400 Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote: When I wanted to install Linux on my new netbook 2008, I quickly found that the simplest way to get everything to work was to install Gentoo, using my notes from previous desktop installs. In Gentoo, problems are

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:03:04 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: The popular forum answer of my granny's dog's owner once ran this command and it seemed to fix her green screen so give it a try and see if it repairs your password just does not ever get proposed here :-) Instead we get, try USE=-* :P

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:03:04 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: The popular forum answer of my granny's dog's owner once ran this command and it seemed to fix her green screen so give it a try and see if it repairs your

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Philip Webb
120912 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:03:04 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: The popular forum answer of my granny's dog's owner once ran this command and it seemed to fix her green screen so give it a try and see if it repairs your password just does not ever get proposed here :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Alex Schuster
Michael Mol writes: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk mailto:n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: Instead we get, try USE=-* :P Try MAKEOPTS='-j1' Which in fact often helps... especially for me, I am using MAKEOPTS=-j --load=4, and I often experience build

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Michael Mol writes: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk mailto:n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: Instead we get, try USE=-* :P Try MAKEOPTS='-j1' Which in fact often helps...

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:00:34 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: And emerge -e world perl-cleaner --all python-updater lafilefixer --justfixit. You forgot sync again. -- Neil Bothwick .-Stealth Tagline signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:33:14 +0100 Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:03:04 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: The popular forum answer of my granny's dog's owner once ran this command and it seemed to fix her green screen so give it a try and see if it repairs your

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:00:34 +0200 Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Michael Mol writes: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk mailto:n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: Instead we get, try USE=-* :P Try MAKEOPTS='-j1' Which in fact often helps...

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:00:34 +0200 Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Michael Mol writes: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk mailto:n...@digimed.co.uk wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:00:34 +0200 Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Michael Mol writes: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Neil

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Joshua Murphy poiso...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:00:34 +0200 Alex Schuster

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 12.09.2012 15:47, schrieb Michael Mol: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:03:04 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: The popular forum answer of my granny's dog's owner once ran this command and it seemed to fix her green screen so give

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Michael Hampicke gentoo-u...@hadt.bizwrote: Am 12.09.2012 15:47, schrieb Michael Mol: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:03:04 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: The popular forum answer of my

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2012, 12:03:04 schrieb Alan McKinnon: On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 05:43:09 -0400 Philip Webb purs...@ca.inter.net wrote: When I wanted to install Linux on my new netbook 2008, I quickly found that the simplest way to get everything to work was to install Gentoo, using

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: SNIP There have been good forums in the past. Even now. But forums have a massive problem, even the great ones: if they go down everything is lost. +1 NVidia had some really good forums. They got hacked,

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:15:25 -0400 Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:00:34 +0200 Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Michael Mol writes: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:33

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:15:25 -0400 Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:00:34 +0200 Alex Schuster

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:15:25 -0400 Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Alan McKinnon

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann volkerar...@googlemail.com wrote: SNIP There have been good forums in the past. Even now. But forums have a massive problem, even the great ones: if they go down everything is lost. +1 NVidia had some really good

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:15:25 -0400 Michael Mol

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-12 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Alan McKinnon

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-11 Thread Cinder
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Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-11 Thread Philip Webb
120910 Paul Hartman wrote: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Chris Stankevitz Gentoo is the best distribution I have used ... I love watching questioning what is going to be installed. Supposedly Gentoo lacks being able to just work without thinking, but in my experience this simply isn't the

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-10 Thread Dale
Chris Stankevitz wrote: Gentoo is the best distribution I have used (I haven't used too many: ubuntu, fedora, gentoo). I love the USE flags. I love watching (and questioning) what is going to be installed. I love emerge. Supposedly gentoo lacks being able to have a system just work without

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-10 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:46:14 -0700 Chris Stankevitz chrisstankev...@gmail.com wrote: Gentoo is the best distribution I have used (I haven't used too many: ubuntu, fedora, gentoo). I love the USE flags. I love watching (and questioning) what is going to be installed. I love emerge.

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-10 Thread G.Wolfe Woodbury
On 09/10/2012 05:46 PM, Chris Stankevitz wrote: Gentoo is the best distribution I have used (I haven't used too many: ubuntu, fedora, gentoo). I love the USE flags. I love watching (and questioning) what is going to be installed. I love emerge. Supposedly gentoo lacks being able to have a

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-10 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Chris Stankevitz chrisstankev...@gmail.com wrote: Gentoo is the best distribution I have used (I haven't used too many: ubuntu, fedora, gentoo). I love the USE flags. I love watching (and questioning) what is going to be installed. I love emerge. Supposedly

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-10 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Chris Stankevitz chrisstankev...@gmail.com wrote: Gentoo is the best distribution I have used (I haven't used too many: ubuntu, fedora, gentoo). I love the USE flags. I love watching (and questioning) what is going to be installed. I love emerge. Supposedly

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-10 Thread Chris Stankevitz
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: For the release to use new packages with their new magic features, every other package using those packages must also be recompiled I see now. The only sane way to deal with this is to peg the packages at version

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo is the best linux distro

2012-09-10 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Sep 11, 2012 6:40 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Chris Stankevitz chrisstankev...@gmail.com wrote: Gentoo is the best distribution I have used (I haven't used too many: ubuntu, fedora, gentoo). I love the USE flags. I love