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Hi, |
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Most of your questions have been answered by more knowledgeable people |
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on the list than I. However, I do I one comment: |
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Richard Neill wrote: |
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>4)Does anyone know of a good resource for ex-mandriva users? |
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I can't say enough good things about Gentoo documentation: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml |
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It has helped me out a number of times. I'm a relatively new Gentoo |
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user as well (Sept. 2005) and I'm not a techy. I used Redhat and then, |
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Fedora for about 4 years. |
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People on this list have been great and initially pointed me toward |
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various Gentoo documentation. I've finally clued in and realized what |
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an invaluable resource this is. Case in point: |
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I recently installed Gentoo on my laptop. It's a 2.4 gHz with a 40 gig |
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hard drive, so perhaps it's a little more powerful than yours. I |
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followed the steps in the Gentoo handbook and built ACPI into the |
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kernel. Once I got to the boot stage, I had problems because I didn't |
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follow the ACPI guide and I should have. Once I followed the steps in |
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that, I was able to compile xwindows and kde-meta without a hitch. |
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And for what it's worth, I had never compiled a kernel before using |
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Gentoo and now, I can do it without being scared out of my mind - I may |
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not be an expert, but I'm getting better and I am learning. And as I |
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said, I'm not a techy - I could be someones grandmother! :-) |
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I have to say that I am totally biased - Gentoo is the best! |
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Anyway, that's my 2 cents! :-) |
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Regards, |
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Colleen |
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