Dave Sizer <[email protected]> writes: > I just wanted to add here - I am a very new Gentoo user who just > finished their first install with a desktop profile, and I very much > appreciated the defaults (including those related to PipeWire) that > allowed me to get a desktop environment with fully working audio for > all my use cases up and running very quickly. > > I am very appreciative of the work of everyone involved that allowed > me to have a fantastic first impression of the Gentoo ecosystem; it > was clear to me that a lot of careful thought goes into the decisions > around defaults and that is no doubt due to the culture of > evidence-based discussion and attention to ease of use for the average > user. > > If ego were allowed to be a decision maker around here, it’s clear even to a > newbie like me that Gentoo wouldn’t be as great as it is.
Thanks for your kind words. It is not easy to keep everyone happy all the time, especially on a distribution where we try to be all things to all people and encourage customisation, but I hope we do a decent job most of the time. One of the arts of working on Gentoo is balancing many different concerns and becoming used to people doing unexpected things, and trying to have both reasonable defaults while allowing people to do their own thing. thanks, sam > > - Dave > > > -------- Original Message -------- > On Monday, 03/02/26 at 10:51 Eli Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/2/26 4:07 AM, Roman Žilka wrote: > >> You should value my opinion more highly. But I admit that you've had >> relatively little time to recognize my expertise, so I'll leave it at >> that. > > > Oh dear, the Gentoo Project has been OWNED by FACTS and LOGIC. > > Whatever shall we do? Someone on the internet (!!!) has told us we are > WRONG because their opinion should be "valued more highly" and we just > don't have the knowledge to recognize their expertise. > > ... > > Roman, all you seem able to do is pick fights with people and insist > you're right without proof, then rely on "I, Roman, am really smart and > an expert. I can't prove it to you though because you don't know how to > recognize my brilliance". > > I thought about replying earlier but this thread was silly and > exhausting. Your latest rely pushed me past my limits though. > > Please cease your ridiculousness immediately. Your total lack of > interest in engaging in technical discussion has been noted and received > disfavorably. You are wasting everyone's time, including your own. > > Others have tried explaining the facts to you. I could have said much > the same as them -- I largely agree with them -- but it's talking to a > brick wall and I'm not playing that pointless game.
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