Philip Webb ha scritto: > 090812 Alan E. Davis wrote: >> I'm a little reluctant to say this, but it's been a couple of months now >> since I switched back to Gentoo, and I want to shout out my pleasure >> that this system has been performing admirably well this time around, >> in comparison with earlier installations. None of the earlier installations >> were unacceptable, in fact, Gentoo remained my favorite. I moved to Ubuntu >> because maintainance of the Gentoo boxes was much more time consuming. > > Yes, that seems to be the usual reason users leave Gentoo: > like owning a dog, you have to find time to maintain/exercise it.
I am starting to be in trouble using Gentoo for this very reason. Once I used it on my desktop system, which was OK to be "under repair" once in a while, since I had my workstation at work. Now I moved abroad and I only have my laptop to use for all -home and work. If it is hosed, I am lost (I have the OS X partition but it is basically useless for my job). So I am becoming very reluctant in updating critical components -one example is my kernel, which is basically untouched since I installed, in late 2007. I know it's counterproductive, because the more I wait, the worse it is, but it's always a matter of time, and I don't have that time -not to update per se, which I have, but to face problems in case critical updates don't go smooth. Any advice on this kind of situation? I would rather not buy a "backup laptop". > However, unlike a dog, you can catch up after a long absence: Heh, I hope so! m.
