In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Gregory Shearman
<ZekeGregory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote
on 6 May 2008 14:26:46 GMT
<slrng20ql6.8sd.ZekeGregory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 2008-05-06, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> ____/ Gregory Shearman on Tuesday 06 May 2008 10:23 : \____
>>
>>> On 2008-05-05, The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb
>>>><brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote
>>>> on Thu, 1 May 2008 10:00:12 -0400
>>>><fftaxqu565rw$.1jk729z5plrw7.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>> On Thu, 01 May 2008 07:58:12 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Gentoo 2008.0 Beta 2 [Screenshots]
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll make sure the 5 people left still using Gentoo hear about it.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I already know about it, putz. :-P
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah.. it's all in linux.gentoo.user
>>>
>>> Who cares about this? It doesn't really concern me, as my machine is as
>>> up to date as the newest Gentoo. Eventually I might switch over my
>>> profile but nothing really changes.
>>>
>>> It's a non-event.
>>>
>>> Gentoo doesn't work like other distros, there really isn't any new
>>> "releases", except for a new install CD.
>>
>> The main point to make is that lots of devices are built with
>> Gentoo and many servers run it too (at least the ones whose
>> admin are ricers :-) :-).
>>
>> IIRC, Gentoo's market share among Linux desktops was last shown
>> to be something like 7%. DesktopLinux.com, IIRC.
>
> Yeah, well, I've never been a trendsetter and Gentoo is no longer
> trendy. We're now a rather rare bunch on desktops.
>
Maybe not, but by and large it just works -- though when
it does throw a curve ball, it's swing and a miss; my one
box at work is now quite dysfunctional for some reason.
Thankfully, I should be able to extract the data off it,
and it wasn't that big a box -- maybe a 40 GB drive on
it, 256 MB RAM. It would be a dual-boot but Windows
inexplicably fried itself somewhere, disallowing IT's
attempts to update its virus file. I put Windows out of
my misery, on that box.
Something to do with an upgrade I was pursuing. Not sure
exactly what happened but it lost its dependencies, and
aborts its startup script. The system still boots but
half of its "brain" is missing -- including the network.
Fortunately, I resurrected the network, and am copying off
the data.
In any event, I was easily able to download the stage3,
and used it to build a 1 GB virtual disc for experimental
purposes with UML. Who needs trendy?
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