[plug] Gentoo on APC cover disc

[hatari at iinet.net.au]

Hello again, Tomasz....

Yes; Debian and Redhat.  OK.  But I can tell you that I have (or had) a liking for Mandrake 
because it was one of the first to allow GUI-based access to the system and reasonable 
control therein.  The constant package management with distros is what gripes me though.  I 
just think it's about time that there was an understanding of a BASE system that open-source 
builds onto - without the hastles at program installations.  (But then again...  maybe I miss the 
point of OpenSource "flexibility".)

Regards,
wayne

>On 5 Jul 2007 at 20:25, Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
> On 7/5/07, hatari at iinet.net.au <hatari at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > Hi, Tomasz....
> >
> > I liked your discussion.  However, why should I need to bother with "package managers" at
> > all?  I don't want flexibility; I want stability (ie not "stable" sense but more "steady-state").
> > (Appreciate fully what you said but you might have missed my point.)
> >
> > Regards,
> > wayne.
> >
> 
> Most of Linux isn't like this, but perhaps something more like Ubuntu
> 6.06 as it's an LTS, or Debian stable, or RedHat/CentOS.. these are
> distros that are steady and will give you the kind of thing you're
> after. Perhaps Gentoo won't fulfill your needs here.
> 
> Tomasz
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