Re: Gentoo VS. Mandrake (Please!...no wars, OK?)

From: JohnOfArc (yustabeYOU_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 02/10/04

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    Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:59:21 -0500

    On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:40:38 -0500, Joseph wrote:

    > On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:36:37 -0800, Washed Phenom wrote:
    >
    following 3 lines written by Joseph:

    >>> GRP installs are OK for a lot of people, but I feel that if someone is
    >>> going to truly understand & appreciate Gentoo, then they need to do it
    >>> from a stage 1 install.
    >>>
    >> Nonsense. :)
    >>
    >> The sole difference between a GRP install for your specific processor
    >> and a Stage 1 install is the psychological satisfaction of watching
    >> oodles of compiler output stream by your screen. This didn't help me
    >> understand or appreciate Gentoo at all. Yes, I DO appreciate and
    >> understand Gentoo, but not because of watching compiler output.
    >
    > And, this has _what_ to do with a reasonable comparision of the two
    > distros?
    >
    Joseph, what does your statement above, "GRP installs are OK for a lot of
    people..." have to do with a reasonable comparison of the two distros?

    You still seem to have difficulty understanding the nature of Usenet, even
    though you claim to have been using it from the beginning. You see, when
    you make a statement or express an opinion you are implicitly inviting
    comment. If you don't want to participate in open discussions, don't post!

    > But, to reply to your ranting...I know not why I even bother:
    >
    now you accuse him of "ranting"- my newsreader shows 136 lines for your
    original, Washed Phenom's reply is 36 lines including quotes.

    > I see someone whose world is so tiny that they _actually_ feel that
    > everyone else gets the same thing out of an experience that _they_ do.
    >
    IOW, follow my words, not my actions

    > Fortunately this is not the case.
    >
    and here I snip another 39 lines from you, which have nothing to do with a
    "reasonable comparison of the two distros", once again demonstrating that
    it's OK for *you* to rant and post off topic, but heaven forbid anyone
    else be exteneded that privilege. BTW, I certainly don't consider Phenom's
    post OT, and, putting aside the sermon, by extension don't consider your
    response OT either; I'm taking issue with your hypocrisy.

    > Democrat?
    >
    neither on-topic nor a reasonable agrument 

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