Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 23rd Jul 2007 21:20 UTC, submitted by Innova
"Over the past few days, I discovered that the Gentoo Foundation's charter is in the process of being revoked by the state of New Mexico, apparently due to regular paperwork not being filed by the trustees. What this means is that the Gentoo Foundation is currently hanging for its life by a string, and at any day could cease to exist as an entity. That is the very bad news. The good news is that I was able to talk to Grant Goodyear (trustee) this morning on the phone, and I have confirmed that Grant had received my email about the revocation issue that I sent 2 days ago and that he will be resolving this critical issue in the next couple of days by filing the appropriate paperwork with the state of New Mexico, and this paperwork will also remove me as President of the Foundation."
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2006-03-23
I'm with you butters. I've been using the forums since before they became "official," and saw PLENTY of the "Why I'm leaving Gentoo" style posts. There's plenty of unrest amongst the community. Since the explosion of forum use around 2004-2005 I pretty much stopped using it. The community paradigm shifted from friendly, open, and excited, to elitist and stagnant.
Portage was/is innovative. Unfortunately, Gentoo failed to really come out and develop past the infancy stage. There's a serious lack of identity when you shift into the GUI world, and a common Gentoo "theme" has failed to ever really materialize. I believe this is for a variety of reasons, including those you listed in your post.
I still use Gentoo whenever I can. I think it makes an excellent server, but it's terribly pathetic when it comes to the desktop - a failure due in large part to the community and those who wish to keep Gentoo for the 1337. Desktop usability has been completely stifled and I'm skeptical whether or not Gentoo will ever be able to catch up to distributions like Ubuntu.