On Sep 11, 2012 6:40 AM, "Paul Hartman" <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Chris Stankevitz
> <chrisstankev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Gentoo is the best distribution I have used (I haven't used too many:
> > ubuntu, fedora, gentoo). I love the USE flags. I love watching (and
> > questioning) what is going to be installed. I love emerge.
> > Supposedly gentoo lacks being able to have a system "just work"
> > without thinking about anything. But in my experience on linux, this
> > simply isn't the case anywhere. With ubuntu, for example, I had
> > trouble with sound and ethernet cards that I could never figure out...
> > and the kind of answers I get on their forums drive me insane ("my
> > uncle once said that his cousin typed this magical command and it
> > worked fine for a little while so maybe try that").
>
> That's how I felt, too, in 2003 or 2004 when I first installed Gentoo,
> and I've been using it ever since and still feel the same way. I've
> tried other distros but Gentoo feels the most natural to me. I'm okay
> with more responsibility in exchange for more control over my system.
>
> Yeah, sometimes it makes you think about what you're doing more than
> some other distros, but I don't see that as a bad thing. Thinking is
> fun.
>
This thread reminds me of a page I've posted here quite some times ago:
http://mark.orbum.net/2011/11/15/the-pan-pipes-of-gentoo-linux-always-at-the-source/
I can't put it better than that guy. Although he finally settled for
a-linux-distro-named-after-a-headwear, he still longs to be with The Source.
"The Source, Luke! Use The Source!"
Rgds,
