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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Gentoo FreeMiNT
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2 feb 2010 kl. 13.14 skrev p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk:

> So is this a new system ?
> 
> I still ask why ? Just because Sparemint needs an update doesn't
> mean starting from scratch with a new unknown system. The same
> logic doesn't get applied to everything else. Why not dump GEM
> and start again !?  It's like throwing your car away because
> it needs a service.

Personally I think you make a *very* bad comparison here. Dumping GEM would mean ditching all current applications, switching to Gentoo would mean switching to a new package manager.
Also, by that logic, switching to XaAES would be a bad thing - which it isn't.

> I don't think there will be many people wiping their hard disc
> to try out gentoo.

I would for sure.

-- PeP