<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 10, 2007, at 2:51 AM, Steve Hodge wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">On 2/10/07, <B class="gmail_sendername">Brian Wood</B> <<A href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</A>> wrote:<DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote"></SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Feb 10, 2007, at 2:18 AM, David Campbell wrote:<BR>> Stroller wrote:<BR>>> Umm... if I'm reading this right - your KDE apps are compiled against<BR>>> the earlier kdelibs and you haven't done anything else - then it's a <BR>>> very EASY problem to resolve under Gentoo.<BR>>><BR>>> True enough it may take some time to re-emerge half the world, but<BR>>> leaving the computer running overnight shouldn't trouble the user in <BR>>> the same same way as an I've-done-this-to-fix-it-and-I-don't-<BR>>> understand-why-it-still-doesn't-work problem.<BR><BR>I know that will fix it, just pointing out that each distro has its<BR> own frustrations.</BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR>IMHO it's better than the alternative, which seems to be not knowing what version your binary packages were compiling against, having to wait for them to be individually updated, and then re-downloading the lot. <BR><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>I agree, you will notice that I am using it, but nothing is perfect.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>My Myth box is running a MuthDora installation, as I consider that an "appliance" and just wanted to get it going ASAP. When I first started putting that box together I of course tried Gentoo but I happened to catch things as various components like the kernel, IVTV, LIRC and other were in so much flux that getting a compatible mix was problematic. The Mythdora install just worked right off so I could happily go back to it.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The right tool for the right job, for things like email and the like I use a Mac, mainly because of the beautiful display (with the recently-repaired power supply), but the heavy chores like video editing are a Gentoo box's assignment (Cinelerra).</DIV></BODY></HTML>