Mark Bigler wrote: >... >Again, I'm not sure any system you install from scratch (no matter who >ships it) ever "just works" all the time (yet). > Not with all the varying hardware!! It only gets better, when we begin to have far more types than "pc's" and some macs; I'll stick to a nice dual-risc core for the workstation: http://www.lostcircuits.com/cpu/hp_pa8800/ (dotted recently; whompin cache!) and then maybe http://www.advantech.com/products/PCM-9370.asp as a thin-client for access on-the-go (as webpad, crashpad, or wearable) I've been 'hearing' more about folks using more primarily-audio interfaces..
So I'll be running funnier kernels in the future! Prolly porting some things myself, but won't have the slew of packages on the thin clients; another vote for gnome here too, but I've weaned myself from enlightenment and found more appreciation for lightweight windowing environment, while getting closer to demanding nautilus' smoothness. I also got the most warm fuzzies and courage from apt&dselect, but redhat 72 has been treating me pretty well lately, save for the derned nvidia kernel :^/ However, I don't compile much of my own system these days, but am just happy that I can use nifty software (like bcast) that works most of the time. I always get into bad trouble after some period of time, using every distro I've tried, bc I eventually start compiling stuff from source, which then causes conflicts with that... the solution has thus far been to successively get better at backup and recovery, and tho still a joke, I'm comfortable to just go ahead and thrash my system at various inervals when some exciting new potential kernel-package set comes along... fickle me. Who's made an LFS boxen, and how long, I'm wondering, would it take?? oh, and don't forget tom's, since you mention single-disk installs (tho I prefer bulk crufty-niftiness): http://www.toms.net/rb/home.html
