On 6/7/05, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Or try Project Gentopia and make it automatic > > > > > > I checked it out here: > > > > > > https://dev.cardoe.com/gentopia/ > > > > > > but I can't quite figure out what it's all about. > > > > Project Gentopia is gentoo's version of project utopia which is aimed to > > take the kludge and making hardware "just work" > > > > If you really want to know, you can search for robert Love's > > presentation files hosted on his ximian webpage. (whereever that may be. > > I can forward a copy to you off-line if needed) > > > > Plug camera in? Icon pops up in Desktop. > > Bought a new HD? plug it in and it works. No fudging with /etc/fstab. > > Need to have automatic power management? Gnome-power-manager will handle > > it automatically. > > > > stuffs like that works automagically. > > Is this clearly a step forward? In other words, will all Gentoo > systems be operating on Gentopia or something like it eventually? > > - Grant > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > >
I don't think so, Gentoo (at least as far as I know) is minimalist and provides you with choices. Making it all "automagic" seems cool to the average user that don't have time, patience or will to know what's happening in the system, but making it default would take the freedom of people that want to dive deep into the config files and dev files to get the most of the hardware and take control of the system. Of course its a good idea for people to "taste" Linux and maybe make them curious about knowing more of the system to take advantage of all the hardware upgrades. I think that stuff that does "magic tricks" in the computer software world gets bigger, buggy, unstable and slower as time passes and more tricks are added, and then you think of... Micro$oft and Ruindow$. I sincerely hope it never happens to any Lin distro. Just my two cents... -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -- [email protected] mailing list
