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Gentoo Linux Announces Gentoo Linux 2004.1
Keppy writes "The departure of Daniel Robbins hasn't dented the progress of Gentoo Linux with version 2004.1 being released. ... please support Gentoo by purchasing something from the online store. The Gentoo homepage also has a short message about the future of Gentoo Linux now that Daniel has left. ' Robbat2 writes with an excerpt from the linked announcement:
"Please consult our
mirror index for download
locations and the
Gentoo Linux Installation Handbook
for detailed installation
instructions. Support for Gentoo Linux 2004.1 can be found through our
user community by way of the Gentoo Forums,
IRC, and various
community mailing-lists.
Release notes for each architecture
can be found linked from the
Gentoo Linux Release Engineering project page."
With compiling and tweaking the OS and the applications, I should be ready to use it by 2005.
Why is this newsworthy?
When IBM releases a new version of Domino, is there a posting on macslash?
It is HIGHLY probable that more of Us(tm) have to deal with things like Domino, or Oracle AS, or what-have-you, then some consumer level video editing program.
So what? Apple released, no wait, is GOING TO release a new version of Final Cut.
Did you hear that SUN is going to "ignite" the "Adrenaline Rush" in "Java Technology" based games? Well I hope you didn't hear it on slashdot.
What the fuck? since when are press releases newsworthy? Surely when they relate to the geek population. How many video editors do you know who read macslash? no, really. I know 0
I know 3 IT guys, 2 IT managers, and 4 programmers who read macslash. They don't give a DAMN about some piece of software that they'll never use!
..have apt!
Now it seems that the true geeks use Debian and Gentoo, while the mortals use Mandrake and Redhat. Weird.
No. The true geeks just run whatever they need to run to get on with doing something more interesting. The fanboy wannabe's run extra-super-leet distributions like Gentoy because compiling from source apparently makes them feel like a real "hacker" who knows what he's doing, when in reality they don't know how to code "Hello world!" in even one language and spend all their time in dick-waving wars over who has the most 'leet desktop and the most k-rad transparent XTerms over their manga desktop wallpaper to actually do anything productive.
I've been using Linux for over six years, starting with Redhat 5.2 (Where you had to write your own PPP scripts and manually configure most of your hardware). I spend my time in front of a computer coding (Something other than Linux. My thoughts on Linux usability as a whole are another rant) I use Mandrake (Currently 9.1) as my primary desktop. I guess if using Mandrake makes me less 'leet than the Gentoy kids then I'll just have to cry myself to sleep tonight.