[clue-tech] Distro musings

[Collins Richey]

On 8/1/06, Ken MacFerrin <lists at macferrin.com> wrote:
> Nate Duehr wrote:
> > Ken MacFerrin wrote:
> >>> Gentoo- my favorite for years
> >>
> >> Why keep writing?  You hit the nail on the head right here.  Since
> >
> > [snipped Ken's list of nifty things about Gentoo]
> >
> > Ken, you forgot ...
> >
> > #7 -- 4 days to build OpenOffice on my laptop every time an update came
> >  out.
> >
> > I just *loved* that one.  That helped my productivity immensely.  :-)
> >
>
> I'm with you there, but that's why the "openoffice-bin" ebuild exists..

Exactomundo!  There is no requirement to check your brain at the door
when you switch to Gentoo. I would certainly vote for kde-bin and
gnome-bin packages as well, at least a reaonable subset of the
offering.


-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.