On 04/18/2009 11:36 AM, J.R. Mauro wrote: > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:47 AM, <lu...@proxima.alt.za> wrote: >>> Every time I have to use something like >>> Linux or MS, I feel overwhelmed by the sheer complexity of it all. >> Possibly OT, my main beef with Linux and Windows is that they keep >> wanting to update themselves and the effort to "manage" these updates >> is enormous (less so with Ubuntu, but still great). With Plan 9, I >> find I can control the updating process and do not feel I'm leaving >> myself exposed whenever I do. Of course, the factors involved are >> very different, but I have a suspicion that with Windows and Linux one >> relinquishes control at too deep a level and the continual updates are >> a particularly visible case of this loss of control. >> >> ++L >> >> > > The update/installation process in Ubuntu sucks. If you try something > using BSD ports or Gentoo portage, you can fine tune things and have > explicit control over the update process.
I don't think so, one can acquire a complete control over any common Linux distribution, can opt for tuning and, tweaking around any package build system, provided one has the knowledge and courage to do so. OTOH, I hate wasting cpu cycles on compiling each and every package from source; IMHO, building, updating and managing a FreeBSD, Gentoo and, or other so called source or meta distribution is merely a wastage of the man and machine hours. -- Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 Anu'z li...@home (Unix Shoppe) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192 Chandigarh, UT, 160062, India Plan9, T2, Arch/Debian/FreeBSD/XP Home: http://cto.homelinux.net/~bsd/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/
