I upgraded my TAMU-based system to ELF. It seems there are a few of us "crazier people" that the article mentions still around. For several years I didn't get

I upgraded my TAMU-based system to ELF. It seems there are a few of us "crazier people" that the article mentions still around. For several years I didn't get any distribution updates but installed new versions of packages from source instead. It was fighting GNOME updates that finally made me throw in the towel.