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Wiktor wrote: |
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> Your document seem to be a fine complementary material to the Gentoo docs, |
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> and contains a lot of useful introductory information about Unix and Linux |
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> (partitioning, filesystem hierarchy and navigation, terminal abstraction, |
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> shell variables, etc.) But I really doubt this would be a viable competitor |
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> against existing Gentoo docs with regard to installation. |
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First, thank you for your comments, I appreciate them :-) |
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Perhaps I should provide a bit more information about the materials. They are |
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not designed to be a replacement for the Handbook, but rather they provide an |
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option for Gentoo newbies who have no where near the background needed to |
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successfully install Gentoo using the Handbook. |
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For the past few years, I have taught a university class where I lead freshman |
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( who know very little about computers ) through the Gentoo installation |
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process. I discovered that without my help, almost none of them were able to |
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successfully use the Handbook to install Gentoo by themselves. |
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The materials I developed mostly contain the extra information I gave them to |
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enable them to successfully install Gentoo. |
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I am presently teaching a distance learning course to local High School |
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students using the materials and they are moving through the installation |
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process quite well. I even have a 13 year old installing Gentoo using the |
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materials with very few problems :-) |
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My thought is that if the materials are helpful for computer newbies, they may |
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also be helpful for Java developers who are Linux and Gentoo newbies. |
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Thanks :-) |
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Ted |
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