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On Monday 02 December 2002 09:55, Kevin Anderson wrote:
> I stand by the comparison. Where RH or Windows needs patches and fixed
> installed after the fact, Gentoo is current as of the date of install.
which is why modern installers support automatically grabbing updates that are
available once the base install is done!
> The time spent compiling is irrelevant.
the time spent compiling is completely relevant, since you'll be doing it
until the day you get rid of that system or stop updating it. but what's more
important is the ability to verify the integration of packages you build from
source. binaries are far, far more easy to accomplish this with...
> Wasn't Aaron's advice for someone in the last 2 days to install Mdk 8.2
> rather than 9, simply because 9 was "unfriendly" on his system?
no it wasn't. i suggested trying another distro such as SuSe 8.1 ... i didn't
suggest going backwards, though they are free to if they wish. some of us
aren't stuck on pushing a single distro as the One True Thing and have no
problems with someone trying MDK9, finding it isn't "for them", and trying
SuSe 8.1 (or whatever else)...
> Gentoo is simply up to date when I install it. Period. My servers don't
> go into production until I'm happy with how they are working. (Linux, or
> Legacy).
wow, just like all the other distros i've installed in the last 2 years.
> Gentoo takes longer, but it's easier. I like the control I have over
> Gentoo. Red Hat doesn't allow me that level of Control, at least not
> during the install. Isn't that half the reason for leaving Windows? "I
> want to do something but my legacy OS doesn't allow me to do it?"
no. control during install doesn't mean a lot, especially since that
represents one or two hours of what will be a years-long experience with
that machine. perhaps i'm just speaking from having dealt with lots of
systems for years at a time.
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Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
- Albert Einstein
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