Linux is not user-proof

I recently installed Gentoo on my Dell 600m notebook and I’ve loved it. Immediately after installation I had DVD::RIP installed and began processing the backlog of DVDs that I had to compress to put on my hard drive.

I loved Gentoo from the start because I could simply type ‘emerge’ followed by a package name and it would install for me. I used this so much, however, that I really fouled up transcode and then libdvdnav and then libdvdcss to the point where they’re all re-installed now but DVD::RIP no longer works.

So I guess this goes to show that no matter how good software gets, there will always be some of us who have to play rough with it and find ourselves breaking our systems.