Re: [OT] Debian vs Gentoo (discussed in newsletter)

2002-11-30 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 09:58:37AM +0800, csj wrote: > On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:02:41 +1100, > Russell wrote: > > > > Pigeon wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:19:20 +1100, bob parker > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Docs are very much a personal-preference item, but I must say

Re: [OT] Debian vs Gentoo (discussed in newsletter)

2002-11-30 Thread Russell
csj wrote: On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:02:41 +1100, Russell wrote: Pigeon wrote: On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:19:20 +1100, bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] Same applies to the HOWTOs, though otherwise I quite like them. Dead trees, unfortunately, have it, at least until it's easy to get

Re: [OT] Debian vs Gentoo (discussed in newsletter)

2002-11-29 Thread csj
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:02:41 +1100, Russell wrote: > > Pigeon wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:19:20 +1100, bob parker > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > Docs are very much a personal-preference item, but I must say > > I find the info pages awkward. Jumping about between nodes in > > a

Re: [OT] Debian vs Gentoo (discussed in newsletter)

2002-11-27 Thread Russell
Pigeon wrote: On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:19:20 +1100, bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:39, Benedict Verheyen wrote: Hi, For instance, a lot of man pages for me don't really help me. They give me a clue yes, but do not provide all the help i need. I'm using Woody and

Re: [OT] Debian vs Gentoo (discussed in newsletter)

2002-11-27 Thread Benedict Verheyen
- Original Message - From: "bob parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 8:19 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Debian vs Gentoo (discussed in newsletter) > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:39, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > > Hi,

Re: [OT] Debian vs Gentoo (discussed in newsletter)

2002-11-27 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:19:20 +1100, bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:39, Benedict Verheyen wrote: >> Hi, >> For instance, a lot of man pages for me don't really >> help me. They give me a clue yes, but do not provide >> all the help i need. >> >I'm using Woody and the

Re: [OT] Debian vs Gentoo (discussed in newsletter)

2002-11-27 Thread bob parker
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:39, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Hi, > For instance, a lot of man pages for me don't really > help me. They give me a clue yes, but do not provide > all the help i need. > I'm using Woody and there seems to be an info page for most commands which generally is more helpful than

Re: [OT] Debian vs Gentoo (discussed in newsletter)

2002-11-26 Thread Benedict Verheyen
- Original Message - From: "Benedict Verheyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 12:39 AM Subject: [OT] Debian vs Gentoo (discussed in newsletter) > Hi, > > i just saw the topic raised in the newsletter. I would > never use Gentoo: > * sinc