[nylug-talk] I'm a Gentoo convert.

[Joshua Zeidner]

Scott,

  Thanks for the comments... have a look at Google trends for Ubuntu/Gentoo:

  http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu+%2C+gentoo

-jmz


On 3/5/07, Scott Robbins <scottro at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 04:36:10PM -0700, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> > I thought I'd add my opinion here...
> >
> > I've used Gentoo, and the package system does do some nice tricks.
> > But as is typical, Linux people completely overlook the dimension of
> > support and community, which when compared to a major distro like
> > Ubuntu has nothing more than a whiff of value.  If you are a hobbyist
> > it may be attractive, but I would not recommend its use for business.
> >
> > -jmz
>
> I guess it's changed then.  Back then (y'know, when we walked barefoot
> through snow--uphill both ways) the Gentoo community was another, IMHO,
> reason for its quick increase in popularity.
>
> Of course, back then, it was something new, and we had the fervor of the
> newly converted.  Their forums, docs and irc channel were really
> newcomer friendly.  You mention Ubuntu (which unlike Gentoo, hasn't yet
> fixed the known bug with MGA cards--sorry, had to mention that) and yes,
> their forums also seem very supportive.  However....and I FREELY admit
> this might be colored by nostalgia--back then, newcomer friendly forums
> weren't as common as they are now.  I do remember Mr. Robbins changing
> the docs--I think I mentioned how many of us, being tired by the time we
> got there would blindly type hdaX in our /etc/fstab.  At any rate, as it
> got more popular, the newcomers didn't realize that you weren't supposed
> to type hdaX--we did and laughed at each other about it.  So, once
> again, he took that effort with the docs and explained that one doesn't
> type hdaX, type whatever your root partition might be, such as hda1.
>
> Anyway, at that time at least, their community, along with their docs,
> were two major strong points of the distribution.
>
>
> --
>
> Scott Robbins
>



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