On Tue Aug 05, 2003 at 03:01:36PM -0400 or thereabouts, Ernie Schroder wrote:
> Hi All,
> Are there any folks on the list in South Florida? The FLUX users group
> (Florida Linux Users eXchange) is in the middle of a discussion of
> Gentoo. The posts are generally negative. I think I've been called an
> "elitist" ("it's a product of misappropriated elitism")
> Perhaps a visit to the FLUX archives would enlighten Gentoo users of
> what others in the Linux community think about our distro, and perhaps
> a few could help debunk some of the negative press we're getting there.
> Here's a link to the thread:
> http://www.flux.org/pipermail/linux/2003-August/013353.html
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Greetings!
This is a most unfortunate and sad situation. The gentoo irc channel that I
use, irc.freenode.net, is a very positive atmosphere. Gentoo is difficult
enough to learn without negativity. My personal feeling is: if you can't say
anything positive about the distribution, then choose another one. Gentoo
isn't a perfect distribution, but which one is? It has a high learning
curve, but in my experience with my irc chat group on gentoo, everyone has
gone out of their way to help newbies to gentoo. Most of the users on the
site are not new to linux but to gentoo. I have always been treated as an
equal by the group. Again, I would question the purpose of the site you
describe and ask, where are the sysops, can't they control the negativity.
There is nothing wrong with disagreement, but it should lead to
understanding and maybe improvement in certain areas.
Anyway, those are my humble thoughts on the matter. I would also add: how
many of those people who are talking negatively about Gentoo have actually
tried Gentoo? Maybe they tried and couldn't get it to go. It is not the
easiest install in the world. One really needs to follow the install docs to
the letter. Good luck and I sincerely hope things improve.
Mike
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