On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 18:18:06 -0400 dep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > begin Peter Ruskin's quote: > > | Good point about gentoo noticed so far: > | It had KDE *exactly* where I have always wanted it: > | /usr/kde/3/ > | /usr/qt/3/ > | ...and nothing of it in /usr/lib or /usr/share. I imagine dep may > | be pleased with that. > > dep is most assuredly *not* pleased with that -- it's in flagrant > violation of the fhs! and gentoo's refusal to adopt the fhs is why > it does not reside on any machines i have here. when gentoo adopts > slavish adherence to the fhs, i will adopt gentoo, but until it > does, i won't. there is a reason for this, too: i'll not play with > anyone who makes such an effort at being a sole-supplier system. > linux ought to be *exactly* what the software part of the > unitedlinux distribution proposes to be. (the problem with > unitedlinux is its "screw you, users" policy.) the only reason any > of the commercial distros is tolerable is the relative ease with > which one can make it into standard linux, though suse has done a > great deal to make this more difficult, chiefly by dicking around > with /etc.--
Much material here for any number of flame wars. I only have one question. How does a system that "slavishly adheres to the fhs" handle instalation of new versions (or, God forbid, parallel versions) of a monstrosity like kde? -- Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.18+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
