Subj : For you SBBS Sysops operating on *NIX, what's your flavor?
To   : DaiTengu
From : Accession
Date : Fri Jun 07 2024 07:11 pm

On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 05:38:42 -0500, you wrote:

 Ac>> Shit, plenty? Maintaining one Gentoo box is an exercise in
 D> futility. :)

 D>  Meh, I've been using Gentoo for probably 20 years at this point. It
 D> has its quirks, but no distro has taught me more than Gentoo has.

I used it for about 5 years when I first started. I actually _chose_ to use it when I wanted to learn and transition to Linux. Boy was I a glutton for punishment, back then.

However, I agree with you there, as far as no distro has taught me more than Gentoo, also. All the sleepless nights fixing what 'emerge -avuDN world" did to me after compiling all night (and sometimes half of the next day, too) to install and/or upgrade packages. :)

I think once the main Gentoo guy left and Funtoo started, I started messing with Sabayon a little bit (Gentoo with a binary package manager? It was like a dream come true). Eventually, moved to Archlinux.

 D>  modern CentOS (The ones labeled "Stream" ) are a far cry from what it
 D> used to be. It was designed to be a rock-solid super-stable
 D> enterprise-grade OS.  Rocky Linux has taken its place, literally.  Rocky

Rolling releases have been super popular. I'm surprised they haven't done anything like this sooner, to be honest. I get it, keep your flagship "rock-solid super-stable enterprise-grade OS", but it almost seems now like it's a little too late.

 Ac>> Whatever you're comfortable with, I say go for it!

 D>  Pretty much.  I'll still make fun of people who use Macs, though, any
 D> chance I get.

I mean, why not? They only did it to themselves. :)

Regards,
Nick

.... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
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