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amne Bodhisattva
Joined: 17 Nov 2002 Posts: 6378 Location: Graz / EU
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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That user signed up to post 5 posts in 10 minutes and never to return. It seems very likely he only joined to promote his (now removed) signature and was not interested in the replies at all. _________________ Dinosaur week! (Ok, this thread is so last week) |
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sundialsvc4 Guru
Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 436
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know why you'd say that, amne. Let's see what he actually does.
As for "Red Hat Nine," I would say that ... you ought to keep up with whatever <your_chosen_vendor> is doing (because they won't reach back to support their "old" stuff...); but if you are otherwise satisfied with <your_chosen_vendor> then you shouldn't feel that you have to abandon them. If you're going to go to the trouble of switching to something fundamentally-different, then you should first know exactly why.
Now, why did I "do exactly that?" Mainly because my depth of experience with Linux had out-grown the limits of "a packaged distro." And the configuration of my system was hopelessly muddled, once I was no longer willing to keep paying for updates. So I carefully backed everything off of it, twice, and nuked everything and switched ... to LFS, and to Gentoo. And reloaded only about one-fourth of what had been originally in my (thrice-updated, hopelessly muddled) RH configuration. The system(s) run like ... a bat out of hades with four angels in hot pursuit.
But before doing that, I made sure that I was absolutely comfortable with "taking charge of the system myself." I left my main systems entirely alone, selected a literally-surplus machine, put RHx on it, then converted it to Gentoo. This machine, upon which there was absolutely nothing that I felt I could not afford to lose, became my guinea pig. |
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pv Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Russia, Yaroslavl
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: I currently have RedHat 9, why should i switch to Gentoo |
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GBDBAG wrote: | I currently have RedHat 9, why should i switch to Gentoo? Any special benefits? |
1. You shouldn't.
2. In Gentoo apache does not depend on X fonts
3. In Gentoo you can install exactly what you want/need but not what the authors of your distro think you want/need.
4. Gentoo is optimized for YOUR PARTICULAR machine... OK, maybe it isn't so important.
5. You haven't to pay for the next version of your distro (I greatly hope ).
6. RedHat/Gentoo = Windows/Linux, so your question sounds like 'I currently have Windows 3.11, why should i switch to Linux 2.6?'.
7. You can cancel any patches which you aren't interested in the developers of your distro applied to a program. _________________ Nothing but perfection. |
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Ateo Advocate
Joined: 02 Jun 2003 Posts: 2021 Location: Republic of California
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:23 pm Post subject: Re: I currently have RedHat 9, why should i switch to Gentoo |
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GBDBAG wrote: | I currently have RedHat 9, why should i switch to Gentoo? Any special benefits? |
Yes, no RPMs. Nuf said... |
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knightmare n00b
Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 33
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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Cause on this site you can say "shit", and on the redhat site, they kline ya for it... nuff for me to use it. |
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kirillrdy Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 144 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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Just try Gentoo, and see for yourself. If u'll install it, there is a small chance u'd go back to Redhaty,(esspecially that old) _________________ /-Everything is made from a dream-/ --Sakurai Kazutoshi |
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Omega21 l33t
Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 788 Location: Canada (brrr. Its cold up here)
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:01 am Post subject: Re: I currently have RedHat 9, why should i switch to Gentoo |
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GBDBAG wrote: | I currently have RedHat 9, why should i switch to Gentoo? Any special benefits? |
Simple. ITS NOT REDHAT. _________________ iMac G4 1GHz :: q6600 //2x 500GB//2GB RAM//8600GT//Gentoo :: MacBook Pro//2.53GHz |
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