Agreed in all terms!!! On 8/4/05, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 09:03 -0500, Chris Cox wrote: > > On Thursday 04 August 2005 08:50 am, Ryan Viljoen wrote: > > > Yeah so you just skipped n00b status? > > > You never asked a stupid question? > > > No I thought not. > > > Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow... > > > > > > *sigh* > > > > I was of course just kidding. I do like Gentoo but hey, it isn't the right > > choice for everyone. Some people I'm sure would prefer hand holding and > > fancy GUI installers that other Distros have a seem to cator to the masses. > > > > DO you really think Gentoo should be the first Distro people new to Linux > > should turn to? > > -- > > Chris > > Linux 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP > > 09:00:21 up 1 day, 14:07, 6 users, load average: 0.33, 0.23, 0.19 > > My first Linux was Red Hat 8.0. I then went to RH 9.0 and Fedora Core > 1. I for one would not recommend Gentoo to a person who has never used > Linux before. I certainly wouldn't have understood it. Think of it as > a test of the strong: Newbies might choose Gentoo and run into all > kinds of problems and ask stupid questions. Most will get frustrated > and either leave Linux altogether or seek out a more user-friendly > distrobution. The ones who stick around are the ones worth adding to > the community. When I first came to Gentoo I asked a lot of stupid > questions (still do) and I get frustrated with it sometimes but I know > that this is what I want and so I'll stick with it. The newbies like > that will stick around and they will ask stupid questions and learn from > those stupid questions and you will not be able to get rid of them no > matter how hard you try. Linux is not for the faint of heart (that's > what MSWindows is for.) If someone wants to learn Linux (Gentoo) and > stick to it then they are worthy of our time... > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > >
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