| 1 |
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:24:58 +0000 |
| 2 |
Richard Neill <rn214@×××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
| 3 |
|
| 4 |
|
| 5 |
> 1)My main machine is a laptop, so it doesn't really have either the disk |
| 6 |
> space for sources or CPU power to compile everything |
| 7 |
> kernel,X,kde,openoffice ...). Is there a way to do a binary install that |
| 8 |
> will get me a fully working system within a few hours? |
| 9 |
|
| 10 |
I just installed Gentoo onto a 640 MHz PIII that had a 4GB disk drive. Upside, |
| 11 |
it took all of about 1 hr from a 2005.1 Stage3 CD, to get to the shell. Downside, |
| 12 |
2005.1 still has the old gcc, so it took a few days to upgrade gcc to 3.4, emerge -e system, |
| 13 |
emerge ufed, set the USE flags, then emerge -e world. But I only use Enlightenment |
| 14 |
or fluxbox. If you want KDE, emerge something really lightweight - fluxbox and rox, |
| 15 |
then let KDE crank in the background. Also, you'll need - laptop-mode-tools. |
| 16 |
|
| 17 |
> |
| 18 |
> 2)How exactly do gentoo security updates work? Under Mdv, there is a |
| 19 |
> mailing list with announcements of which RPMs to install. If I have a |
| 20 |
> binary-based distribution, will it be possible to keep it current? |
| 21 |
> |
| 22 |
|
| 23 |
The is a gentoo-announce list that the security updates get sent out on. Typically, if |
| 24 |
you're doing a daily syncs, the updates show up before the announcement. |
| 25 |
|
| 26 |
> 3)Is there a relatively stable fork of gentoo with less frequent |
| 27 |
> updates, or do I have to stay on the bleeding edge? Of course I want to |
| 28 |
> get eg the latest kernel, or firefox, but I ran Mandrake Cooker for a |
| 29 |
> while, with > 100MB of updates per day and all sorts of random breakage! |
| 30 |
> |
| 31 |
|
| 32 |
If you run a straight arch flag, like "x86", vs unstable - "~x86", then you'll not see |
| 33 |
lots of updates. But, running a desktop means you'll see more packages changing. |
| 34 |
|
| 35 |
The other consideration is Gentoo is source based. Thus the dependencies on specific |
| 36 |
revisions of libraries is somewhat relaxed. And you control the interrelated dependencies. |
| 37 |
Thus fewer packages will change vs a binary based dist. Though with heavyweight desktops |
| 38 |
like KDE and Gnome, there will be more related lib changes to occur, it's just the nature |
| 39 |
of the beast. |
| 40 |
|
| 41 |
> 4)Does anyone know of a good resource for ex-mandriva users? |
| 42 |
> |
| 43 |
|
| 44 |
Sorry, the best thing is just go through the installation guide and the Portage related |
| 45 |
documentation. As there are no GUI based system management tools, you'll be |
| 46 |
doing more editing of config files. Also, leaving the world of chkconfig and /etc/rc.* |
| 47 |
for rc-update, /etc/init.d/ and /etc/runlevels/{boot, default,network,single} will |
| 48 |
be like a breath of fresh air. |
| 49 |
|
| 50 |
Bob |
| 51 |
- |
| 52 |
-- |
| 53 |
gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
Archives