I rather enjoy his car analogies... find them.. oh, I don't know soothing :)
Besidesjust because their based on the same core, doesn't make the differences subtle... I have used redhat, debian and gentoo, and the first thing a threw away was redhat, right after I actually laerned linux, great start distro in my opinion... then I moved on to debian, to get a more server friendly distro, still use debian on my server... finally on my workstation, I sue Gentoo... I must say, I'm surprised how good it is... Maybe it's just me, but I have hard time seeing the portage system as a "subtle" difference... what your saying is that wether you run window or linux it's just a subtle change, because it runs on the same architecture(providing you use a windows friendly one)... you can't lay it out like that, just as Eric explained through his car analogy, and if you don't get them, then maybe, just maybe it could be you who simply lack the ability to take transfer analogies to subjects... You can disagree with him, but his analogy still fits.... On Friday 18 October 2002 00:23, Jeremy Brooking wrote: > On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 16:49, Eric (Deacon) wrote: > > > > And it does so very well. It doesn't come with the entire library > > > > of > > > > > > linux software already installed, for instance, which is great for > > > > > > Nor does debian, nor does slackware, nor does redhat... > > > And any other half decent distro out there. > > > > ...*jaw drops to the floor > > > > Perhaps we've installed different distros both using the name > > "RedHat"? > > Then I guess you cannot read the instructions. The options are clearly > stated in the install to choose whatever packages you do and dont want. > > Try RTFM next time. > > Its not rocket science eric, its simply reading. > > > > Like up2date and apt and dselect and package... > > > And all the other package management utilities out there. > > > > No, not exactly. You going to equate rpm's next? Have you actually > > looked into it, or are you just being difficult for kicks? PS Debian > > is > > > also an excellent solution, but I personally prefer the default > > configuration of gentoo. It just feels better. YMMV > > Theres your problem, default configuration... Do you not know how to > configure it yourself? > > Can you not check the little boxes in redhat which turn off all the > nastys? > > Can you not go through dselect and decide which packages you need? > > Hell, if you wanted the easy configuration option, stick with windows. > > You want ease of maintainence, buy a copy of BSDi > > > > > I've just found it to be peachy keen :) > > > > > > All moot points. > > > > How can my personal preference be a moot point? It could hardly be > > called a point at all. Regardless, I refuse to believe that you're > > going to tell me that there are no differences between distros. It's > > like saying, "Hey! They're all Ford trucks! It's all the same!" Well > > yeah, they're all based off the same thing, but they have pretty > > different default configurations and ways of accomplishing the same > > tasks. I happen to like my 6-disc changer to be in the dash instead > > of > > > behind the seat. Yeah, they're both 6-disc changers, but one's easier > > for me to get to ;) > > For gods sake Eric, perhaps with all your car analogy's you should join > the trucks_are_cool mailing list of some shit? The crap you waffle has > no relevance to computers so often. > > The guy stated a problem, you gave him an answer of gentoo. Which is a > total bollock suggestion, and in no way a fix to his problem. > > Of course there are differences, but subtles ones, such as configuration > and packagemanagement, but the core is still the same. > > Gentoo is linux. linux is a kernel, it runs the same daemons, the same > file system, it has the same swapping method as debian, redhat, > slackware, xandros and every other damn distro of linux (with the > exception of ones like lindows, which is simply hacked up xandros, which > in turn is simply hacked up debian). > > Each to their own, you like this new toy, i like that one, regardless, > it does not make either a better solution, at the core, they are still > the same. > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
