[ Thanks to scharkalvin for this link.
]
“Short answer: Gentoo is about choice.
“Long answer:
“A very frequent complaint in the open-source community is the
Linux kernel’s poor interactive performance and sometimes
lackluster driver support. While the most common (and older)
hardware is usually supported, the latest and greatest seldom is.
In particular, laptops, printers and ‘gadgets’ take a long time to
receive proper, stable drivers, even from Linux-friendly vendors
(c.f. ipw2100).“Also, the we have been receiving feedback from users who are
upset about what they perceive as an embarrassing string of bad 2.6
kernel releases. They are fed up with show-stopping bugs in the
virtual memory manager, real-time clock anomalies on suspend and
other unfortunate ‘features…'”
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