On Sun, 2 Mar 2014 11:27:59 -0500 "Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com" <litt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Mar 2014 18:26:25 -0700 > ghaverla <ghave...@materialisations.com> wrote: > > > > I will try Sabyon (sp?). But it looks like it might move to systemd > > willingly leaving no option. It is based on Gentoo, which I could > > move to. > > I tested Sabayon during my last "distro shootout", and it's *a lot* > different than Debian, especially Debian Stable. Sabayon is a rolling > distro, which can be convenient, but means broken code could sneak > onto your computer at any time. This is also true of things like > Ubuntu, but it's not true of Debian Stable unless a security update > is bad. > > Sabayon isn't all that easy to install. If I remember correctly, I was > forced to configure the kernel myself at install time (I might be > confusing it with Gentoo, this shootout was about 3 years ago). I got > the kernel wrong, and had to boot from System Rescue CD. Anyway, > Sabayon was difficult to install, and felt rather fragile to me. > > I have no knowledge of init systems and couldn't possibly comment on > systemd vs udev vs SysV, so I don't understand what's so terrible > about systemd. But my research from 3 years ago tell me that > Sabayon's no panacea. > > I just started using Debian (Wheezy) on a regular basis, and like its > solid ease. Systemd would need to be awfully bad for me to give that > up. Hi Steve. We both moved to Claws from kmail at about the same time. Most of the programming I have done is numerical methods, but for years on Debian I was compiling my own kernel. I am trying to start a big project at Savannah involving a bunch of number crunching, when this came up. But I have done a bunch of systems stuff, running Sabyon, Gentoo or Slackware shouldn't be a problem. I maintained a token ring driver for a few kernel revisions past where upstream quit, cross compiled gcc on Linux for Solaris, ported Perl-4.x to QNX-2.x. Gord -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140302113108.61eaf0a7@newmain.materia
