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heh.

So it's true!

(Mod me down. I deserve it)

Actually, you don't have to use SED. Unix has a "rename" command that accommodates SED expression renames. It's a real godsent, so if you don't have it installed on your distro, do yourself a favour and use this PERL replacement:
        http://www.greenfly.org/rename

"You sometimes see Gentoo users talk about how their system helps them easily keep all their packages up to date. Of course, the downside to this is that with the Gentoo system, you have a QA department of one. You are really the first and last person in the package testing system. I know that even with Debian sid, sometimes packages get held back for a bit so they can be better tested before releasing them to a ton of users. Even with that, sometimes Debian sid packages have problems that the package maintainer didn't see (or simply made a mistake). On Gentoo, you are either stuck with potentially untested programs running on your system (or possibly beta/CVS programs), or not upgrading."

"Gentoo is sometimes criticized for poor QA (though possibly this is an unavoidable consequence of focusing on having more "up-to-date" versions of software available), unstable "stable" branches and for having a closed "upper management elite".

Many of the difficulties experienced in past years from the "stable" branch have dissipated due to the addition of a separate "unstable" branch, and will most likely continue to improve with time and effort. However, Gentoo, having a bleeding edge repository of software, often relies on the "upstream"'s (i.e. original authors) QA process. This works well for highly-used software (such as Apache), but less so for little-used software."

I was just going to mention that, but I'm astounded that this guy is yet another certifiable case of Mandrake Expatriate Syndrome.

The guy who wrote that is a freakin genius.

Wow, a live example of the Mandrake-Gentoo migration syndrome.
More info here: http://greenfly.org/mes.html

Easy. Gentoo, like slackware and the BSDs are fine as hobbyist systems but there is a flood of windows converts looking for alternatives and its the community's responsibility to point them at something that doesn't suck. Gentoo is a bit of a fad. Newbies are getting confused.

Mandrake Expatriate Syndrome.

Don't forget this one.
The mandrake/gentoo connection

Greenfly needs to make a new page then.

Diezel, Guru, Posts: 516
It's never funny when someone attacs your distro.

nero, n00b, Posts: 62
Gentoo 0wnz

http://www.greenfly.org/mes.html

Seriously, Gentoo is not suitable for servers at all, especially not for production machines. Apart from the CPU cycles spend compiling, Gentoo doesn't have the quality control that some other distros have.

Now, I don't hate Gentoo, but it's not ment for servers.

You already can set up the iPod to automatically mount and umount upon access using autofs. I talk about it here

Well, at least high-power, high-heat, high-speed. Have you ever seen a computer magazine publishing a serious article about 'efficient computers' or even 'portable, energy-saving laptops'? I haven't. Even when it comes to laptops, all you see is Tom's-Hardware-style performance benchmarks, CPU performance, graphics performance, etc. This really pisses me off. Only gamers (and a few others) really need that much performance, in my opinion. Most Joe Average users are just caught by ads and 'reviews' of high-performance systems... "you really need to have this graphics card... well, it requires a 1000W power supply, but you won't need heating in your house anymore... you really need it for your word processor, spread sheet, and net surfing."

I, for one, am very happy with my LifeBook P-2120. It has everything I need (ok, maybe for some people it's missing Bluetooth), it's fast enough to watch DVDs and DivX, with all batteries installed it runs 9-10 hours, and it's still extremely compact and light-weight, and it runs Linux alright. What more could I need?

Transmeta has found a good niche. But it deserves much more attention.

I am running Debian on my Fujitsu Loox T93C (Japanese model). AFAIK that is the same as the P2120 in the US.
It is very nice. It has built in Wifi that works with Linux and not to forget the DVD/CD-R/RW which comes in handy for watching DVDs and burning CD-R/RWs. I added a prism54 based pcmcia wlan card so that I can watch the DVDs from my server.
Find out more about Linux on the Lifebook here and here.
I am using it right now to write this comment, sitting in my chair watching TV.

Yeah, those Gentoo "optimizations" are really something.

Have a look at this link for help with the P series. Powermanagement is done by longrun. You only need ACPI for suspend which doesn`t work for me yet (I have a Loox T93C the Japanese version of the Lifebook P2120). Longrun handles the processor states. ACPI works for detecting lid close, power button and battery status.

I totally recommend the Fujitsu P-Series! It's true that you have to pay the MS tax when you buy it, but it's usually cheaper than trying to find a laptop that is exempt from the MS tax. You have to ask yourself which is more important to you, saving money or defying Microsoft. I choose to pay, and instead use every chance I get to publicly denounce the greedy, untrustworthy, insecure, inconsiderate, non-consumer friendly buggers (various obsenities muttered under my breath as I type this).

I'm glad I did buy the P-Series because I can no longer imagine life without it. It's got just about everything you could possibly need built-in. And everything but the modem works under linux (and I've even heard glimmers of hope about the modem). And I mean everything works, even the little application quick launch buttons. I get a good 5+ hours of mobile coding/hacking done with just the main battery, and 10+ hours with the optional bay battery. There are a lot of great sites out there on getting it working with various flavours of Linux, one of the best being http://www.greenfly.org/fujitsu/, which has links to a bunch of other great resources, including my page. =)

All in all a great, small, lightweight laptop that gets ohs and ahs everywhere I go.

i don't know about linux compatibility, but it sounds like in terms of HARDWARE you're looking for something like Fujitsu P-series or so. Fujitsu P-Series page. it doesn't have firewire, but it has everything else you want. here's a page talking about putting linux (debian) on it i think i've seen firewire pcmcia cards, so that might be the solution. I don't know about getting it without windows, but that's the breaks... Like another poster said, not *everything* has to be a political statement. You could just video tape yourself burning or shitting on your windows CD in front of a linux flag or something. ;)