090518 bn wrote: > Philip Webb ha scritto: >> Hopefully, the OP has got some useful hints out of all this ... > Yes. I'm kinda considering switching to Ubuntu. > I love Gentoo, it's almost 4 years I'm using it, but I need this laptop > to *work*, and I cannot afford to be consistently bitten by such unknowns. > My only concern is that Ubuntu won't be better in the long end > (even if I used it at work for years and I always felt comfortable with it), > because of the upgrade/reinstall cycles.
Well, you can get bitten by such things with any distro -- perhaps Slackware has the best reputation for utter reliability -- , but with Gentoo you do have the ability to fix anything yourself, even if it does need a bit of time to get advice & act on it; you can also make notes to ensure you don't get bitten a 2nd time. With binary distros, you are stuck with whatever their makers give you. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
