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On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 10:33:00AM -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 10:03:14AM -0500, Luke Kanies wrote: > > It's sad when Linux and its apps can't even get something as simple as > > audio right. I mean, this shit has been done for a decade. Really. > > I hate Gentoo. > > Its the "micro-optimizations uber alles" mentality of system configuration. > What's worth more: running 4% faster or everything actually working without > having to tweak a million compilation settings? There's a reason to use > pre-configured and tested packages such as Debian provides: people have > figured this shit out for you. > > This shit has been done for a decade and Gentoo decides to throw it all out > so users can spend days reconfiguring and recompiling their software in a > desperate attempt to wring just a bit more speed out of their hardware when > they could be spending that time whoring on the street to scrape together > the $200 to buy a faster CPU. Yeah. Gentoo's portage tried to make a better FreeBSD ports collection, missing the whole point of the latter entirely.There's stuff above here
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