[gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D
Hello Gentoo'ers After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on the new laptop from work. Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more. For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19 years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and general know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make your acquaintance. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D
Hello, Alan. Welcome back! On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 20:15:00 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >Hello Gentoo'ers >After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got >fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but >eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on >the new laptop from work. >Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names >like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more. >For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19 >years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and >general know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make >your acquaintance. >-- >Alan McKinnon >alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
Re: [gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D
Thanks :-D On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 8:32 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Alan. > > Welcome back! > > On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 20:15:00 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >Hello Gentoo'ers > >After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got > >fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but > >eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on > >the new laptop from work. > >Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names > >like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more. > >For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19 > >years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and > >general know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make > >your acquaintance. > >-- > >Alan McKinnon > >alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > -- > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). > > -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D
On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 11:15 AM Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Hello Gentoo'ers > > After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on the new laptop from work. > > Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more. > > For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19 years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and general know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make your acquaintance. > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > Nice to see an old friend back here. Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D
On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 20:15:00 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got > fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but > eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on > the new laptop from work. You're still alive! Welcome back! -- Neil Bothwick Bagpipe for free: Stuff cat under arm. Pull legs, chew tail. pgpFgE174hVPo.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D
On Thursday, 31 August 2023 21:04:37 BST Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 11:15 AM Alan McKinnon > > wrote: > > Hello Gentoo'ers > > > > After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got > > fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but > eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on the > new laptop from work. > > > Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names > > like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more. > > > For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19 > > years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and general > know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make your > acquaintance. > > > -- > > Alan McKinnon > > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > Nice to see an old friend back here. > > Mark +1 Welcome back Alan, after what was it ... 6 years or so? signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D
On Thursday, 31 August 2023 19:15:00 BST Alan McKinnon wrote: > After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got fuzzies > but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but eventually > got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on the new laptop > from work. Alan! It's good to see you back again. I've often wondered what had become of you. Next time you're in these parts I'll buy you a beer - a real beer, not that super-cold, high-strength, fizzy, tasteless lager that everyone ontside these shores seems to drink. Cheers! -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D
Alan McKinnon wrote: > Hello Gentoo'ers > > After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got > fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but > eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on > the new laptop from work. > > Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names > like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more. > > For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19 > years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and > general know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make > your acquaintance. > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com It's a good thing. I was about to email you again and see if you were still kicking and how high, given it has been a while. :-D Welcome home!! Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D
Welcome Back to the force :) BillK William Kenworthy On 1/9/23 02:15, Alan McKinnon wrote: Hello Gentoo'ers After some years away, I'm back to Gentoo. Arch was nice and I got fuzzies but something was always missing. Was on Mint for a while but eventually got fed up with how it does Bluetooth. So Gentoo is now on the new laptop from work. Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar names like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more. For those who never knew me, My name is Alan, first used Gentoo 18/19 years ago, work at a large mobile operator where I'm a sysadmin and general know-it-all-busy-body working with ICT stuff, so happy to make your acquaintance. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D
On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 08:15:00PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote > > Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar > names like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more. Welcome back. Gentoo has smoothed off the rough edges, and emerge rarely dies anymore. As a control freak, the thing that annoys me is all the gratuitous libs (cups/ghostscript/harfbuzz/etc) that apstreams insist on forcing as dependancies. But that's not Gentoo's fault. -- I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe; Gopher, Netscape with frames, the first Browser Wars. Searching for pages with AltaVista, pop-up windows self-replicating, trying to uninstall RealPlayer. All those moments, will be lost in time like tears in rain... time to die.
Re: [gentoo-user] he's baaaaaaack :-D
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, almost feels like I was never gone :-D Alan On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 5:34 AM Walter Dnes wrote: > On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 08:15:00PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote > > > > Going through the list archives, I see a whole bunch of familiar > > names like Dale, Helmut, Peter, Rich, Grant, Walter, William and more. > > Welcome back. Gentoo has smoothed off the rough edges, and emerge > rarely dies anymore. As a control freak, the thing that annoys me is > all the gratuitous libs (cups/ghostscript/harfbuzz/etc) that apstreams > insist on forcing as dependancies. But that's not Gentoo's fault. > > -- > I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe; Gopher, Netscape with > frames, the first Browser Wars. Searching for pages with AltaVista, > pop-up windows self-replicating, trying to uninstall RealPlayer. All > those moments, will be lost in time like tears in rain... time to die. > > -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
