Back to Ubuntu

Darn, I miss Gentoo already. But lately I found myself spending more time fixing or configuring my OS than actually using it. While this is usually really fun and greatly helps in understanding how things work under the hood it surely isn't desirable on the long run, especially when I want to get things done. Sure, there's always the option to use Gentoo "stable" but packages are simply too out of date and I usually end up using the ~amd64 keyword and a couple of overlays.

Going back to Ubuntu was a matter of 15 minutes - completely out of the league for Gentoo. In the peak of my Gentoo days I installed and configured a modern system in not less than 20 hours. Including actual "home folder" configuration that usually fills two entire days. I don't even dare to remember my first Gentoo installation...

Although Ubuntu's Gnome Desktop runs a little slower than Gentoo's compiler optimized binaries, it works flawlessly and includes enough optional packages to suit my needs. But what always surprises me anew is that fact that Ubuntu offers this certain "wow" effect due to its out-of-the-box working configuration. This is, of course, only possible because of Ubuntu's impressive community and thus manpower which other distribution simply lack. There's nothing easier than looking for a quick and simple solution in the Ubuntu forums or even the wiki.