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From: "Moser
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Fairwell for now
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:53:02
Message-Id: 067C9A1F6AFEB643895EA4513E116884178FAC@exfp1.Railpowertech.local
1 > -----Original Message-----
2 > From: Dave Moore [mailto:dave.j.moore@×××××.com]
3 > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 10:35 AM
4 > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
5 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fairwell for now
6 >
7 > > Gentoo is pretty stable.. the installer isn't try the old
8 > way it's way
9 > > better and makes you more familiar with your system
10 >
11 > I just finished (about a week ago) my first non-binary
12 > install of a linux distribution, compiling from a stage3,
13 > starting with the 2006.0 Gentoo Minimal Install CD. As
14 > someone who is still relatively new to Linux, I can attest
15 > that this was not very difficult, it simply requires patience
16 > and a lot of looking things up. Now that I've got my system
17 > up and running, I couldn't be happier
18 >
19 > I'd recommend trying this route, I'm glad I did. If I had
20 > gone with a graphical installer, I wouldn't know half of what
21 > I know now about Gentoo.. it was a great learning process.
22 >
23 > Dave
24
25 I second Dave's opinion.
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