[mdlug] KDE 4

[Aaron Kulkis]

Robert Adkins wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org 
>> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Wolfger
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:02 PM
>> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [mdlug] KDE 4
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Michael S. Mikowski 
>> <z_mikowski at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Some would are masochistic if you install Gentoo in the 
>> first place :)
>>
>> s/would are/would say you are/ ;-)
>>
>>> Although I do see the value in going through the install process.
>> I learned a lot about Linux by installing Gentoo. For 
>> starters, compiling a kernel scared the hell out of me before 
>> Gentoo. The install walked me through that, and after a few 
>> kernel upgrades I began to see it as so simple that I 
>> couldn't understand why people are afraid of it...
>>
>> The best reason to install Gentoo, though, is to never ever 
>> have to install Linux again :-)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Wolfger
>> http://wolfger.wordpress.com/
>>
> 
> 	A great deal has changed in the world of compiling/installing a
> Linux Kernel. It's practically automagic, in that the scripts not only
> create a truly easy to understand GUI, it also reads in all the settings
> from your existing kernel, including the location it resides and modules it
> requires AND even reads in your boot loader. Once finished with setting up
> the configuration, the compiling process will install the kernel AND modify
> your bootloader for the new kernel.
> 
> 	This is worlds beyond the old days. I wish that I had access to such
> tools way back in the heady days of Red Hat 5.2... I would have been
> compiling my own kernel for years now.
> 
> 	-Rob
> 
> 	"Meh, kids these days and there newfangled GUI Kernel Compiling and
> Configuring tools... Get offa my lawn..." - Me
                      ^


You forgot to mention frickin' sharks with laser beams on their heads.