Larry Lines wrote:
The network analysts at
one of my jobs actually make the new people install Gentoo on a box just
for the experience.
Unless there's a compelling business argument for this practice, I
consider it an abuse of authority. Does this practice increase revenues
or decrease costs
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 13:45 -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Larry Lines wrote:
> > I learned Linux by
> > installing and hacking and suffering over Gentoo. Exactly one year
> > after installing Gentoo, I was in Hong Kong building and programming for
> > a Linux cluster. There is no other d
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
I joined this list mostly to talk about the proposed code of conduct.
This oughta stir the pot a little, but way back when I was just a wee lil o'
geek in a Star Wars club, we had a developed Code of Conduct. Now for the most
part, it worked and worked well. Oc
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
And that's precisely because a whole generation of RHCEs knows *exactly*
where everything is on a Red Hat or Fedora system, and Gentoo puts
everything somewhere else. :) If I were an RHCE, I'd have just as much
trouble customizing and tweaking a Gentoo (or Debian)
Larry Lines wrote:
I learned Linux by
installing and hacking and suffering over Gentoo. Exactly one year
after installing Gentoo, I was in Hong Kong building and programming for
a Linux cluster. There is no other distribution that compresses the
learning curve like that. I still can't figure o
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:47:16 -0500
Larry Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So maybe I will stick around and maybe I will find a niche to help out
> with that I can feel passionately enough to start a flame war.
Yes please, by all means, do that (the helping out part, not the flame war
part :) ).
I am replying to this email on the coc because I am pretty much coming
from the same place as a user. I haven't been that involved with the
community but I have been a user since 2002. I am a developer.
It's funny, because I was considering getting more involved with
development with Gentoo beca
I joined this list mostly to talk about the proposed code of conduct.
Let me state the context up front:
1. Some of you know I am a loyal Gentoo user. I run three
"testing-level" (pure ~x86 with an occasional local package mask when
something croaks) systems, I beta-test stuff I'm interested i
