On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Greg KH <gre...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 03:47:19PM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > I agree with Greg Kroah-Hartman: I actually like (and want) a >> > "vertically integrated, tightly coupled way of doing things". >> >> Well, if you completely agreed with him you wouldn't be running Gentoo >> (or Debian, or other general-purpose distros). He advocates that >> ordinary users should use more purpose-driven distros, where all of >> this stuff is less of an issue. > > That is not what I said, or mean at all. > > Given that I'm a Gentoo developer, and have been for a very long time, I > find it very strange that you would think otherwise.
I did clarify my post in a reply, linking to your post and of course stating that you could clarify. Your words were: "I just don't think it can be done well, sorry, which is why I strongly recommend tightly-coupled distros for desktops for anyone (like Fedora or openSUSE or Ubuntu), and Debian or Gentoo only for servers or embedded systems where you know exactly what you are putting together, and why you are doing it that way." I'm not a big fan of putting words in mouths, so if I misread that than I apologize. In any case, I can't really argue much with that statement as-is, although I'd probably carve out an additional exception for enthusiasts or those who otherwise like to tinker under the hood. If you want strong vertical integration, you probably will never get as much of it with Gentoo as you might get with a tightly-coupled distro. Rich
