Improving Gentoo as a tool
Gentoo is a metadistribution, meaning you’re supposed to built whatever you want with it. And we provide some of the tools to make that a reality, but we stop short. We still make it too hard to do...
View ArticleImproving quality in Gentoo
I recently posted about making Gentoo a better tool. A requirement for being a good tool is being a tool that doesn’t break—thus, we need to improve our quality to a more reliable level. I’m going to...
View ArticleHOWTO make Gentoo great
Gentoo is good. How do we make it great? Over the past year or so, I’ve read a few books, and I want to use those ideas to build a better Gentoo. The books: Good to Great, by Jim Collins The Five...
View ArticleSteps toward improving Gentoo
Having the right people in the right places pursuing the right goals is key to Gentoo’s success. Keeping in mind the Pareto principle (20% of the effort produces 80% of the results), I’ve come up with...
View ArticleYou improve your code. What about yourself?
I laid out part of a framework for improving Gentoo in my last post. As many of you kindly noted, I explained what I wanted to do but did a poor job of convincing you why it needs to happen. That’s...
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Beckhard’s Change Equation Three factors must be present for meaningful organizational change to take place. These factors are: D = Dissatisfaction with the status quo; V = Vision of what is possible;...
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The trough of disillusionment for Ubuntu? “The Hype Cycle describes the way that new technologies and projects are perceived over time, if they do a good job of handling themselves, going from a...
View ArticleOpportunities for Gentoo
When I’ve wanted to play in some new areas lately, it’s been a real frustration because Gentoo hasn’t had a complete set of packages ready in any of them. I feel like these are some opportunities for...
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