On Fri, 29 Apr 2016, Todd Goodman wrote: > You don't like it (nor any Linux/GNU system it seems if you consider > them all "boring little family cars.")
While I wouldn't use the denegrating language, I do share his sentiment. Post systemd debacle, I'm done with Linux as any kind of advocate. I'm an RHCE (yea, I know big deal) and I started with Linux in 1993 with SLS and 40 floppies. I was very excited about it for a good 12 years or so. However, I can't stand the design direction it's taken, I can't stand the GNOME/Pulseaudio/Systemd/Lennart people (personality conflict in the extreme and there are WAY too many of them), and I don't want to continue to witness all this foot-shooting as a fan (my interpretation and you don't have to share it). I'm going to stand back as the Gods of Linux attempt to flush it down the Enterprise / Desktop / Smartphone toilet. I'm a unix zealot, and it's too hard for me to recognize these days. It's my opinion only. > OK fine. But don't spread misinformation about it from some failed > attempt of yours ten years ago. I've used Gentoo very recently (February). I don't think it's garbage, but 'emerge' and I do NOT get along. I don't honestly think they've done that much worthy of note to innovate since their inception, as you sort of imply. Their main narrative is built around Portage. My opinion of Portage is that it's a not-as-good copy of what ports and pkgsrc (in FreeBSD and NetBSD respectively) do a much better job on. I stick with the original, BSDs which *I think* (my opinion only) are _far_ more coherent and easy to use. I could go into some extreme detail comparing each one, but that'd just inflame folks more than I'm already doing (I unfortunately expect full flames from the Church of Linux congregation just for using the name in vain) and these are simply my opinions, so I don't need to. If you or anyone else disagrees, "Ok fine", as you say. I just don't think Gentoo deserves to be put on a pedistal like it's the epitome of innovation. Even among Linux fans Gentoo isn't always popular (it's currently 47th of 100 on Distrowatch, as an example). -Swift
