-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nick Wiltshire wrote: > On Tuesday 09 May 2006 11:46 pm, Gustin Johnson wrote: >> Gentoo >> users suffering from Mandrake expat syndrome. > > Thats hilarious, I started out on Mandrake, then tried a few others before > settling on Gentoo...so you've got me pegged. > > Just to boil your blood a little, Gentoo rocks ;)
Actually I don't care. I get... annoyed... when someone makes inaccurate claims and then calls me when his system is rendered useless ( > > That said, it is a personal choice. I tried Kubuntu and _hated_ it, but I > know > many on this list swear by it. That's the beauty here, choice. > I am one of these, I like Debian but they were never very KDE friendly, Kubuntu changed this. > I will say of all the package managers out there, Apt is perhaps the most > flexible. However I like the way Portage is configured, I find it more > convenient. I'll give credit where credit is due: most of the good distros > are Debian spinoffs, including Gentoo. Aptitude is better, in case anyone is tracking this thread. It is worth learning. > > If you want KDE NOW in Gentoo, there are binaries available. Then you can > compile your own in the background while you work if you choose :) I know, but then why would I choose Gentoo :) Why bother when I can just install FreeBSD... > > For my share of binary bashing: I hate RPMs. I hate RPM based distros. Been > in > dep hell one too many times! Never found a RPM repo that could hold a candle > to portage. Not even close. I started with RH... 'nuff said. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEYYWawRXgH3rKGfMRAp8tAJ0ZkPMSpLMIoKl+ExKK/jZ0P1D4BwCgjPyQ Ed9sEPG36HDOzthuXS5PAfw= =Nywa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
