Re: [gentoo-user] Mothballing a ~arch gentoo system?

2009-12-28 Thread Dale
William Kenworthy wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 20:45 -0600, Dale wrote: Marcus Wanner wrote: When an old (circa 2001) desktop came out of retirement a few months ago, I shuffled across Linuxes trying to find something that worked well, and finally hit on gentoo. I eventually switched

Re: [gentoo-user] Mothballing a ~arch gentoo system?

2009-12-28 Thread William Kenworthy
On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 00:27 -0600, Dale wrote: William Kenworthy wrote: On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 20:45 -0600, Dale wrote: Marcus Wanner wrote: ... trim ... The minimal system should be quicker and simpler to update than a crufty system - and if you have to update much of gnome and

Re: [gentoo-user] Mothballing a ~arch gentoo system?

2009-12-28 Thread Marcus Wanner
On 12/28/2009 3:40 AM, William Kenworthy wrote: Thats why I think removing gnome (or kde) is a good idea - replace with a lightweight desktop so you still have the required functionality. it is for emergency use after all. I find that building from scratch is usually less of a problem than

[gentoo-user] Mothballing a ~arch gentoo system?

2009-12-27 Thread Marcus Wanner
When an old (circa 2001) desktop came out of retirement a few months ago, I shuffled across Linuxes trying to find something that worked well, and finally hit on gentoo. I eventually switched to ~x86 because I was tired of using versions of apps from 6 months ago... Too make a long story

Re: [gentoo-user] Mothballing a ~arch gentoo system?

2009-12-27 Thread Dale
Marcus Wanner wrote: When an old (circa 2001) desktop came out of retirement a few months ago, I shuffled across Linuxes trying to find something that worked well, and finally hit on gentoo. I eventually switched to ~x86 because I was tired of using versions of apps from 6 months ago... Too

Re: [gentoo-user] Mothballing a ~arch gentoo system?

2009-12-27 Thread William Kenworthy
On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 20:45 -0600, Dale wrote: Marcus Wanner wrote: When an old (circa 2001) desktop came out of retirement a few months ago, I shuffled across Linuxes trying to find something that worked well, and finally hit on gentoo. I eventually switched to ~x86 because I was