Rev for Linux "Seal of Approval"

[Sarah Reichelt]

On 7/7/06, Rishi Viner <rishi at puredata.com.au> wrote:
> On Friday 07 July 2006 06:38, chris bohnert wrote:
> > You'll get my gentoo box when you pry it from my cold dead hands.
>
> Here here! And hello fellow Gentoo user!
>
> Bob Warren:
> "1. The distro runs or installs automatically (i.e. can be done by a
> layman) and configures all normal hardware, even on old machines,
> including Windows network printers, floppy diskette drives, etc."
>
> On the face of it, Gentoo fails your point 1 dismally! Gentoo is anything but
> a nice automated install. BUT in terms of hardware support, Gentoo will find
> a way, where many other distros have failed time and again. I ended up first
> installing Gentoo primarily due to other distros not being able to handle my
> hardware. I learnt a lot along the way and think Gentoo is the best distro at
> forcing you to actually learn how linux works.
>
> The point is, diversity is the strength of Linux. There will always pop into
> existence a distro that does what a certain group of users needs (no matter
> how small). The best thing is there is always choice. Something the Mac/Win
> models have always lacked.


Anyone who wants a laugh might like a look at the "Crazy Ubuntu Rumors Site" :-)
<http://www.crazyapplerumors.com/?p=631#comments>

Cheers,
Sarah

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