Sensible? What's that? I think if my use has been beyond sensible, it's mainly in one or two areas: I keep alot of software installed; and I keep up to date on a number of programs (this is an area where I may need to redefine "sensible" from my own perspective).
I keep this box set up for a wide variety of task, in the spirit of the concept of a General Purpose Computer. For example: - Writing - Editing videos - Once in a long while, writing a little program - math calculations sometimes large - spreadsheet (Open Office) - graphing - editing graphics - note taking - teaching responsibilities - printing - graphics editing/conversions - Repositories of digital content (personal): video, music, graphics - Sometimes media player (sometimes I have used mythtv) - LaTeXing (user level) - Internet browsing and research - archiving literature - scanning Alot of the software I have round is kept as an exercize in capacity builiding and maintainace in these and other areas. I am a science teacher---it sometimes seems like one of the few who is not using Windoze---and I have a hand on some research and keep on top of the current state in my field. I have been called an eclectic. Often have gnome (sometimes an overlay) and kde 4.X, as well as fluxbox and perhaps a couple of other window managers. I like to keep enlightenment17 around, as it has a small footprint. I try to keep up to date, but I am not a computer scientist, so I often will tolerate some sloppiness in the system, and may overlook maintainance. Alan Davis "...can the human soul be glimpsed through a microscope? Maybe, but you'd definitely need one of those very good ones with two eyepieces." -- Woody Allen, quoted by B. A. Palevitz On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: > 090626 Alan E. Davis sought: > > advice about converting a nominally successful Sabayon install to Gentoo. > > -- details snipped -- > > so what's your hardware & what do you use your machine for ? > Gentoo is not for everyone, but it's not difficult to install or maintain: > your experiences don't sound typical of a sensible user (smile). > > -- > ========================,,============================================ > SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb > ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto > TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca > > >
