I'm a home user using Gentoo on two of my computers and I'm not doing it because I'm trying to get as much speed as possible, I'm using it because I like to be able to customize everything. Theres something I like about being able to build a system (almost) from the ground up, as I know exactly what is there.
Oh and I don't spend all of my time compiling and tweaking, to me that is one of the weakest arguments against using Gentoo. When I hear that argument from someone, I know that they have failed to understand the purpose of Gentoo. The ability to compile everything and tweak everything on your system IS NOT A WEAKNESS of Gentoo, but its greatest strength. I would rather spend a day compiling X and KDE on my system when I know that it has been built with everything that I need, rather than installing a package that has been compiled with every option and have unnecessary dependencies cluttering up my system. Maybe I'm just more patient than most people, who knows.
As for the article, Gentoo is not in crisis, one relatively unimportant developer is not going to take the entire project down. I wish him luck in whatever he moves onto, I just hope he tells the other developers that hes a freaking drama queen and they should censor all criticism from him.
Unfortunately in this day and age, 2D games don't really come out for major consoles anymore. People seem to expect every game that is released to have beautiful 3D graphics and huge environments to play in. This isn't a problem if you're starting a new franchise, but if you're taking a game that has always been 2D on older consoles, then its a hit or miss in my opinion. Super Mario and Metroid have done this successfully, but Sonic has completely failed at this. Like its said in the article, Sonic is too slow in 3D and that makes it almost painful to play for me.
If Sega released a new 2D Sonic game, I'd buy it without hesitating.
I have an even better idea. I'm going to patent a keyboard and screen that somehow allows you type with your head up your own ass. Now if I could only keep it from smelling.
I've never really coded anything overly complicated outside of a school environment, but when I do I usually like to avoid using someone else's code. If I do, I usually only ever use it for reference purposes, so I know if I'm on the right track. Probably not the best way to do it, but for me, its not enough for me to just take someones code and integrate it into my project, but I need to understand it. Its considerably easier for me to debug my own code, then to try and debug someone elses, especially when their code doesn't completely suit my needs.
I actually have to disagree with you on that. I remember using BlueJ about three years ago to help learn the basics of Java and how an OOP language works. I never encountered a single problem with it back then. I haven't used any of the newer versions since then, so I can't comment on the current state of it.
I've been reading them too for the last five years, and its starting to seem like the mainstream Linux desktop is just vapourware. I use Linux on all of my computers, but I'm not ready to start telling my friends and family to use it. They're barely computer literate as it is, so they can stay in XP for a while longer.
I do have to agree with you on that. I've used ReiserFS on and off for a few years and I've only ever encountered problems with it (mostly unexplained filesystem corruptions), which is why I no longer use it.
I wonder if Hans told the people over at Namesys that he was selling them off to save his own ass?
He really should have gone to the stupid musical. Everyone knows that girls will "reward" their boyfriends later for being a good sport and going, at least thats how it happened with me.
I can safely say that Microsoft really doesn't care about crappy software released by a supermarket. There are already free versions of Office out there and free AntiVirus products that outperform commercial products. Its these products that Microsoft worries about.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm a home user using Gentoo on two of my computers and I'm not doing it because I'm trying to get as much speed as possible, I'm using it because I like to be able to customize everything. Theres something I like about being able to build a system (almost) from the ground up, as I know exactly what is there. Oh and I don't spend all of my time compiling and tweaking, to me that is one of the weakest arguments against using Gentoo. When I hear that argument from someone, I know that they have failed to understand the purpose of Gentoo. The ability to compile everything and tweak everything on your system IS NOT A WEAKNESS of Gentoo, but its greatest strength. I would rather spend a day compiling X and KDE on my system when I know that it has been built with everything that I need, rather than installing a package that has been compiled with every option and have unnecessary dependencies cluttering up my system. Maybe I'm just more patient than most people, who knows. As for the article, Gentoo is not in crisis, one relatively unimportant developer is not going to take the entire project down. I wish him luck in whatever he moves onto, I just hope he tells the other developers that hes a freaking drama queen and they should censor all criticism from him.
Unfortunately in this day and age, 2D games don't really come out for major consoles anymore. People seem to expect every game that is released to have beautiful 3D graphics and huge environments to play in. This isn't a problem if you're starting a new franchise, but if you're taking a game that has always been 2D on older consoles, then its a hit or miss in my opinion. Super Mario and Metroid have done this successfully, but Sonic has completely failed at this. Like its said in the article, Sonic is too slow in 3D and that makes it almost painful to play for me. If Sega released a new 2D Sonic game, I'd buy it without hesitating.
I have an even better idea. I'm going to patent a keyboard and screen that somehow allows you type with your head up your own ass. Now if I could only keep it from smelling.
I've never really coded anything overly complicated outside of a school environment, but when I do I usually like to avoid using someone else's code. If I do, I usually only ever use it for reference purposes, so I know if I'm on the right track. Probably not the best way to do it, but for me, its not enough for me to just take someones code and integrate it into my project, but I need to understand it. Its considerably easier for me to debug my own code, then to try and debug someone elses, especially when their code doesn't completely suit my needs.
I actually have to disagree with you on that. I remember using BlueJ about three years ago to help learn the basics of Java and how an OOP language works. I never encountered a single problem with it back then. I haven't used any of the newer versions since then, so I can't comment on the current state of it.
I've been reading them too for the last five years, and its starting to seem like the mainstream Linux desktop is just vapourware. I use Linux on all of my computers, but I'm not ready to start telling my friends and family to use it. They're barely computer literate as it is, so they can stay in XP for a while longer.
I do have to agree with you on that. I've used ReiserFS on and off for a few years and I've only ever encountered problems with it (mostly unexplained filesystem corruptions), which is why I no longer use it. I wonder if Hans told the people over at Namesys that he was selling them off to save his own ass?
He really should have gone to the stupid musical. Everyone knows that girls will "reward" their boyfriends later for being a good sport and going, at least thats how it happened with me.
I second that. I like to avoid wasting money whenever possible, but thats just me...
I hope they bring Jesus back from the dead.
If we're lucky, Sony will put some of those non-exploding batteries into the controllers. Who knows, it could be a selling point for them.
I can safely say that Microsoft really doesn't care about crappy software released by a supermarket. There are already free versions of Office out there and free AntiVirus products that outperform commercial products. Its these products that Microsoft worries about.