<div dir="ltr">generally speaking, i think that what this project is based upon is freedom of choice at the higest possible level, so having a possibility to try each different linux flavour (and maybe other oss) just go in that direction. I admit too that a sort of mainstream line is needed to push the development faster to reach a stable and usable smartphone, but keeping many diifferent active distros can give a wider testing environment for the applications, which will probably often be the same.. better tests = faster stabilization.<br>
<br>roby<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:58 AM, William Kenworthy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billk@iinet.net.au">billk@iinet.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I think he answered your question Rui - there is no reason gentoo will<br>
kill the flash any sooner than debian - unless its having up to date<br>
software :)<br>
<br>
There are a lot of misconceptions about gentoo, please research it<br>
before making rash statements (like I did about up to date software :)<br>
<br>
I find that opkg is so PRIMATIVE and restrictive compared to portage<br>
thats its really frustrating. And from the outside looking in, debian<br>
isnt a whole lot better <flame suit to ON>.<br>
<br>
BillK<br>
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On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 14:51 +0100, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 01:00:36PM +0100, Al Johnson wrote:<br>
> > On Tuesday 09 September 2008, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:<br>
> > > I hope you guys don't mind killing your phone or uSD's memory sooner<br>
> > > than everyone else :)<br>
> ><br>
> > Why? Are you making some unwarranted assumptions about using Gentoo on<br>
> > embedded systems?<br>
><br>
> No unwarranted assumption, the only argument you could throw back at me is<br>
> an argument against using Gentoo instead of any .deb or .rpm based<br>
> distribution ;)<br>
><br>
> Please, no distro-war, you're free to kill your flash devices sooner ;)<br>
><br>
> Rui<br>
><br>
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</div><div class="Ih2E3d">William Kenworthy <<a href="mailto:billk@iinet.net.au">billk@iinet.net.au</a>><br>
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