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On Tuesday 20 March 2007 12:52, steve szmidt wrote:
> I have now used Sabayon for a few weeks and done an upgrade to 2.3.
>
> In short I'm now shopping for another distro.
>
> The idea is excellent!
>
> The packages included are fantastic!
>
> But there are too many unusual solutions creating odd problems. The same
> DVD installed on three different computers resulted in different programs
> being listed on the menus. On some computers something would be in the
> menu, on some computers some options did not work.
>
> These are inconsistent problems stemming from the same DVD. How, I don't
> know - nor do I really care anymore.
>
> Man pages were not included until 2.3 and not fully even then. Man pages
> are the cornerstone of all the Unices. Why it's so poorly implemented is a
> mystery.
>
> The installer rewrites the time stamp on almost all files and directories
> under /home if you did not format it. On one install it even ate the
> default users directory during install, which I had kept from before. Mepis
> did that to me once but it ate the whole home partition without warning.
>
> Even with all the shortcomings and unusual solutions it was hard to decide
> to leave. Everything under the sun is included. You have a dream system
> pre-configured and ready to go. Well, not quite...
>
> It's like stepping into a twilight zone episode. Too bad! As you saw from
> before I was enthralled with it. Had they had better management it would
> have been the top contender.
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