* Hugo Mills (hugo@???) wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:37:50PM +0000, Samuel Penn wrote:
> > Basically, there is only one version of Gentoo, and no concept of releases
> > or versions of the Gentoo distribution. Individual packages are updated,
> > but you never need to update the distribution itself. It's a bit like your
> > Grandfather's Axe. The axe handed down to you is the same axe your
> > Grandfather used when he was a lad. You've had to replace the handle, and
> > your father had to replace the head, but it's the same Axe.
>
> Heading off on a complete tangent, my parents own "Auntie Sue's
> bench", which is a garden bench that's had the wooden parts replaced
> three times, and the ironwork replaced twice.
>
> These things really do happen in real life. :)
>
> Hugo.
Trigger's broom. I still laugh every time I think of it.
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