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Subject: Re: Gentoo Takes Good Care Of Its SOPHISTICATED Users
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On 2024-06-02, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On 2024-06-02 3:31 a.m., RonB wrote:
>> On 2024-06-01, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 01 Jun 2024 17:29:53 +0000, Diego Garcia wrote:
>>>
>>>> I gots to build the latest LibreOffice-24.2.3.2 and I needs this info.
>>>> Thanks Gentoo.
>>>>
>>>> Distro lackeys can only ride along with whatever their cheap, crippled
>>>> distros shove up their asses.
>>>
>>> Big fucking deal. My Fedora 40 KDE spin has 24.2.3.2. All I had to do was
>>> run 'sudo dnf upgrade' and go do something useful while all the apps,
>>> including the kernel, are updated.
>> 
>> First question, how in the world did LibreOffice get to release 24 from
>> release 7? Second question, who really cares if you have the latest version
>> of LibreOffice?
>
> They started using a version system similar to that of Ubuntu. To be 
> honest, I rather like it. Much like Windows *95*, it's comprehensible.

What's incomprehensible about a release number that follows the last release 
number, like 8 after 7? But, oddly enough, until I read your post I didn't 
see any point jumping 17 versions. It was not comprehensible to me. So what 
happens in 2524?

>> And, should I need LibreOffice 24.2.3.2 on my Linux Mint 21.2 machine, it's
>> a one-click, Flathub install away. So much for the "LibreOffice advantage"
>> when using Gentoo. But I guess compiling applications gives Diego Garcia
>> something to do with his life. And, if he enjoys it and "fulfills" him in
>> some way, more power to him.
>
> Larry Pietraskiewicz has the Polish mentality wherein we are not happy 
> unless we are fixing something. By constantly being in a state where 
> anything can break at any moment, Larry must be in heaven with Gentoo.

If that's the case, I would suggest you buy British cars and motorcycles (if 
there are still any made in England). I liked my Sunbeam Alpine and my 
Triumph Bonneville, but they definitely required constant tinkering. Fun to 
drive/ride though.

-- 
[Self-centered, Woke] "pride is a life of self-destructive fakery, an 
entrapment to a false and self-created matrix of twisted unreality." 
"It was pride that changed angels into devils..."     — St. Augustine