[ale] Distro question...

[James P. Kinney III]

On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 00:04, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 23:45, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 22:22, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > > Not harsh, but perhaps obsolete.  Perhaps your opinion hasn't been
> > > informed by Gentoo's Stage 3 and Gentoo Reference Platform install
> > > methods for those of you you who can't wait for every stitch of code to
> > > compile.  
> > <throwing in the troll towel here>
> > 
> > If the entire system is NOT going to be compiled onto the box, what's
> > the point of gentoo? 
> 
> Portage, Portage, Portage!!!!
> 
> > (I don't use gentoo except for one old machine left
> > behind by someone that I now get to maintain until I can wipe it :)
> 
> Hey, Hey, HEY, *HEYY*!!  Don't diss my abandon-in-place file server!!!!
> 
And samba is _still_ running just fine on it. I was just shocked when I
needed to edit a config file, popped open a vi experience, and saw it
was using pico! My fingers tied up in knots and I lost all ability to
type for a few minutes as I tried to not use my vi shortcuts and command
strokes.

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