"and why does gentoo need or want a larger user base? gentoo is geared towards a niche market and those people will be attracted to the distro whizzy installer or no."
Gentoo is intended to be geared towards all users, not a niche market. This is quite obvious after reading their philosophy link.
http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml
Obscurity is not cool or desirable for developers of any software but it does appear to be quite desirable to immature distro-centric end-users.
"porsche has a tiny market share - but nobody suggests they should make a k-car version to get a bigger slice of the pie!"
Porsche have a tiny user base due to cost not ease of use. The car itself is a pleasure to drive. It has all the tools you expect to be present in a car including very easy installation in your garage if you have the bucks. No-one is suggesting paring down Gentoo , just add an easy installer so the wider community can have a go. By all means leave an option to install without the GUI so posers can brag to their friends about it but I'm not interested in hand holding my OS every step of the way, and most users aren't.
I drive a Datsun 1200 Ute (US=pickup) so please don't reply whining about how your girlfriend or Mum (US=Mom) ran off with a Porsche owner. I don't own one and probably never will since I'm paid in Pacific Pesos(US=Australian Dollars).
--if you must use the command line, even when it's not the best way, you were probably not alive when it was our only option--
So the results of studies won't be available for a few years. Does it strike anyone as absurd that tonnes of this stuff will be produced before anyone knows how much it takes to liquify your brain or even how to protect workers who make it? Maybe the latter will be used to determine the former. Horrible concept but theres plenty of precedents for it.
Good luck to the people trying to convince the greedy to delay their profits.
The nature of the relationship with Corsair was disclosed so this is not cash-for-comment deception.
If you're looking to tweak out your system to the max
This hilariously lame marketing speak really hit my funny bone. I thought "to the max" went out with hypercolour tshirts, shoes with zippers on the side and terms like "rad", "gnarly" and "tubular". LOL
Talk about being caught with your pants down. lol
I'll bet we've all seen the Date Created and Date Modified field cause some pretty major embarrassments over the years too! Funny that it's usually the dodgey and dishonest who suffer that fate.
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That was an amusing story. I have a real suggestion though. How about pressure sensors on the kneecaps of all Whitehouse Interns?
Good point. You would never be able to email anyone without spam filters chomping up your message
Ry4an is a better name than, say, Speiros I resent that. kind regards, Ry4an Speiros
"and why does gentoo need or want a larger user base? gentoo is geared towards a niche market and those people will be attracted to the distro whizzy installer or no."
Gentoo is intended to be geared towards all users, not a niche market. This is quite obvious after reading their philosophy link.
http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml
Obscurity is not cool or desirable for developers of any software but it does appear to be quite desirable to immature distro-centric end-users.
"porsche has a tiny market share - but nobody suggests they should make a k-car version to get a bigger slice of the pie!"
Porsche have a tiny user base due to cost not ease of use. The car itself is a pleasure to drive. It has all the tools you expect to be present in a car including very easy installation in your garage if you have the bucks. No-one is suggesting paring down Gentoo , just add an easy installer so the wider community can have a go. By all means leave an option to install without the GUI so posers can brag to their friends about it but I'm not interested in hand holding my OS every step of the way, and most users aren't.
I drive a Datsun 1200 Ute (US=pickup) so please don't reply whining about how your girlfriend or Mum (US=Mom) ran off with a Porsche owner. I don't own one and probably never will since I'm paid in Pacific Pesos(US=Australian Dollars).
--if you must use the command line, even when it's not the best way, you were probably not alive when it was our only option--
every big creature has parasites...
So the results of studies won't be available for a few years. Does it strike anyone as absurd that tonnes of this stuff will be produced before anyone knows how much it takes to liquify your brain or even how to protect workers who make it? Maybe the latter will be used to determine the former. Horrible concept but theres plenty of precedents for it.
Good luck to the people trying to convince the greedy to delay their profits.
You don't seem to like it here. Maybe you should emigrate and see how good you used to have it.
The nature of the relationship with Corsair was disclosed so this is not cash-for-comment deception.
If you're looking to tweak out your system to the max
This hilariously lame marketing speak really hit my funny bone. I thought "to the max" went out with hypercolour tshirts, shoes with zippers on the side and terms like "rad", "gnarly" and "tubular". LOL
Yes. Except in Sydney and Melbourne where all buttons are labelling "Whine About Everything George Says".....lol
Talk about being caught with your pants down. lol I'll bet we've all seen the Date Created and Date Modified field cause some pretty major embarrassments over the years too! Funny that it's usually the dodgey and dishonest who suffer that fate.