Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo rocks

2017-05-20 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 07:45:38AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote > Back in autumn 2003, I had built my 2nd machine & planned to install > Mandrake, but its new version was delayed -- a fairly normal > occurence -- & after having no joy with Slackware & IIRC Suse, > I thought "Why not try that new distr

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo rocks

2017-05-20 Thread Dale
Daniel Frey wrote: > On 05/20/2017 04:45 AM, Philip Webb wrote: >> 170519 Ian Zimmerman wrote: >>> It's about one year now since I locked myself in my room for a month >>> and installed Gentoo :-) >>> It has been an interesting and sometimes rough ride, >>> but I learned many things along the way,

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo rocks

2017-05-20 Thread Daniel Frey
On 05/20/2017 04:45 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > 170519 Ian Zimmerman wrote: >> It's about one year now since I locked myself in my room for a month >> and installed Gentoo :-) >> It has been an interesting and sometimes rough ride, >> but I learned many things along the way, and I got what I wanted :

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo rocks

2017-05-20 Thread Philip Webb
170519 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > It's about one year now since I locked myself in my room for a month > and installed Gentoo :-) > It has been an interesting and sometimes rough ride, > but I learned many things along the way, and I got what I wanted : > a desktop GNU/Linux that just does the things I

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo rocks

2017-05-19 Thread Mick
On Saturday 20 May 2017 06:52:47 Mark David Dumlao wrote: > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > It's about one year now since I locked myself in my room for a month and > > installed gentoo :-) > > A month? Dear lord. > > https://www.sudosatirical.com/articles/man-loses-wil

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo rocks

2017-05-19 Thread Mark David Dumlao
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > It's about one year now since I locked myself in my room for a month and > installed gentoo :-) > A month? Dear lord. https://www.sudosatirical.com/articles/man-loses-will-to-live-during-gentoo-install/ We shouldn't be recommending such d

[gentoo-user] gentoo rocks

2017-05-19 Thread Ian Zimmerman
It's about one year now since I locked myself in my room for a month and installed gentoo :-) It has been an interesting and sometimes rough ride, but I learned many thing along the way, and I got what I wanted: a desktop GNU/Linux that just does the things I want it to, without stupid frills. Ma