On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:48:35 -0700, Mark Knecht <markknecht <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> I will offer that I learned almost nothing using Redhat for 2 years. I
> just kept it at an arms lenght and got very frustrated in dependeny
> hell. RPM makes it easy to break a machine. I know. I did it more than
> once.
> 
> Since starting to use Gentoo I've learned a lot. (A lot for me - a
> little compared to others here) No matter what anyone says about
> Gentoo and newbies it is easy enough for even an *almost* beginner
> like me. No dependency hell. A great users group. Very easy to combine
> 98% portage based code with 2% CVS code when you need it.

I think you are being overly harsh on yourself and redhat. Using *any*
linux distro, particularly anything other than gentoo, things often
don't work so you have to go searching to correct things. You learn a
lot about filesystems, permissions, shared libraries... I have to say
you only really learn things when they are broken though. With Gentoo
you have to learn about things, because you control things. But then
they work, or you know pretty much exactly what to do to fix it.
I know *plenty* of doze people, including admins, who would have a
nightmare installing gentoo. Firstly because they don't follow
instructions, and don't read all the docs properly. They also need
some knowledge on basic *nix concepts or they will be completely
lost... I think it is silly to recommend Gentoo to someone who hasn't
had at least six months on unix, but after 1 year on Mandrake I was
ready. Sure as anything I won't be touching another distros unless the
sky falls in now though!
Cheers
Antoine

> 
> My dad is 76. Last Thanksgiving he dumped Windows and runs Gentoo.
> He's never turned his windows box on since. I manage it from a
> distance of 350 miles. this stuff works...
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
> 
> 
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