Re: [gentoo-user] Call for opinions and/or use cases regarding games.eclass

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 4:27 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote: > Most of us know about the games.eclass history. Let's put that aside; > I'm looking for user consensus on packages that use(d) games.eclass. > > 1. Do you take advantage of games.eclass features, including restricting >

[gentoo-user] Recommendations for a Gentoo supporting/capable VPS besides Linode?

Hi all, I'm know this topic has been discussed at length in the past but I feel this is one of those things that changes so frequently and quickly it's worth a new thread in mid '16, but I apologize if this message bores you or clutters your inbox. :) I also apologize if there is a more relevant

Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth disappeared because of MSWindows?

Dell machines have lately started shipping with dual mode hardware. Most notably the i2s and hda modes. The trick is to boot with the right acpi revs and often it requires a cold boot to change mode. On Dec 5, 2015 6:31 PM, "Mick" wrote: > I came across a rather

Re: [gentoo-user] Technical imap mail question

It's likely worth noting that while they may resolve to the same point now, there is nothing requiring the IMAP server (reading the mail stored on a server) to match that is the SMTP server (outgoing mail). They are entirely different purposes and protocols which do not need to live in the same

Re: [gentoo-user] system uptime

I personally find it beneficial to backup to an online source locally or in an online storage service (as long as encryption incurs etc). DVD are indeed limited in life. You are still better off with other offline storage mediums such as an external hdd or tape indeed. I've found crashplans

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1

So please contribute to the grub2 repo a pull request that meets your requirements rather than complain about it. You are also free to maintain any package you want in a custom overlay in gentoo that packages those requirements. Free software is about preventing lock in and empowering the user.

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1

On Aug 27, 2015 6:50 PM, mcatu...@comcast.net wrote: It's not a bug, and it won't be fixed. Installing on a partition is simply not supported. When a needed functionality is no longer working it is a bug. To have grub installing itself on the MBR when the

Re: [gentoo-user] Epic list of total FAIL.

Seeing segfaults in a compile like that makes me question your hardware rather than the gentoo tools. Are you sure your hardware is in a functional state? I update my world fairly often and am running ~amd64 and have not experienced the issue you are experiencing. :( On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at

Re: [gentoo-user] The state of public relations?

In my opinion the installer is the last reason people do not use Gentoo. Look at the other distros out there without a graphical installer. One of them is one of the most popular distros out there. Gentoo experiences a difficulty pulling in more users for many reasons. Firstly there is a large

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: The state of public relations?

Honestly I would hate to see an installer become necessary. Other distros do not have issues with minimalistic or no installer causing user acquisition issues. What would be nice to see is the current minimal installer updated to support modern hardware (I believe some recent adjustments were