> I don't think so, Gentoo (at least as far as I know) is minimalist and > provides you with choices. Making it all "automagic" seems cool to the > average user that don't have time, patience or will to know what's > happening in the system, but making it default would take the freedom > of people that want to dive deep into the config files and dev files > to get the most of the hardware and take control of the system. Of > course its a good idea for people to "taste" Linux and maybe make them > curious about knowing more of the system to take advantage of all the > hardware upgrades. > > I think that stuff that does "magic tricks" in the computer software > world gets bigger, buggy, unstable and slower as time passes and more > tricks are added, and then you think of... Micro$oft and Ruindow$. I > sincerely hope it never happens to any Lin distro. > > Just my two cents... > > -- > Daniel da Veiga
But don't you think the computer systems of the future would surely implement something like Gentopia? Things can always be done manually, but automatic seems like a step forward. On the other hand, I do agree with the things you're saying. This is why I asked the question. I'm not sure about this. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
