Thomas Mueller wrote: >> I got a message from him. At least we will know he is OK. All his >> machines was switched to Arch Linux and he wasn't using Gentoo anymore. >> So, he unsubscribed and got active with Arch. >> Miss the guy but glad he is OK and nothing happened to him. >> Dale >> :-) :-) > When I sent this message the first time, I inadvertently forgot the Subject: > line, hence this repeat sending. Sorry! > > When you mentioned the other Allan, I thought of Allan Gottlieb, who used to > be on Gentoo list. > > I think he was younger than me by two or three months? > > I believe he is the same Allan Gottlieb I met years ago at The Rockefeller > University when he was an (assistant? associate?) professor at CUNY in New > York City. > > I don't know if he is still living. > > Regarding Arch, I believe Arch Linux is mainly binary-based, rather than > source-based as is the case with Gentoo. > > In May 2013, I joined Arch Linux emailing lists, asked the question about how > an Arch system could be updated by building from source, as can be done with > FreeBSD and NetBSD. > > Moderator rejected that message, stating that if I looked through the wiki, I > could find the answer inside ten minutes, which I couldn't. > > FreeBSD, NetBSD and Gentoo emailing lists are not so hostile! > > Not wanting to feel so tongue-tied, I unsubscribed and became an infant > mortality on the Arch emailing lists. > > This was the first and only open-source OS or distro that I rejected on > sociological grounds. > > Tom
Yea, there is some good folks on this list. Everyone tries to help in different ways. If one way isn't working, someone posts a alternative method. Some, myself included, get upset at software sometimes tho. Dare I mention hal?? The -user list has always been friendly. The -dev list is much better now but way back, it was like walking in a field of land mines. At one point, I unsubbed from -dev because it was more about people going after each other than accomplishing anything. Now, I monitor it again to see what is coming around the next bend. It's a MUCH friendlier place now. I was referring to Alan McKinnon. If he even thought he had a solution, he'd post it. Most of the time, it was a good option. The biggest thing, I'm just glad he is OK. Dale :-) :-)
