[gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer Madness

[Bart Verwilst]

Ugh.. Ok.. over to plan B. :o)

I'll try to take a look at the code, davoid, could i count on you to guide me 
into this project?

Ok. If somebody is willing to sign up for the installer creation, mail me in 
person (again, sorry :o( ) with the first part of the subject "INSTALLER", 
that way i can sort this stuff, and keep em in a seperate folder, so i don't 
lose it :o) I can use quite some help :o)

See ya!

On Sunday 21 July 2002 23:16, Faust Tanasescu wrote:
|| Hello,
||
|| I am sorry to announce this but I will be on hiatus for some time. This is
|| due to the fact that my slow machine can't me used with gentoo for the
|| moment. Another reason is me starting to get pissed at the Linux kernel
|| and at the way the devs are working on it (kernel.org dudes). They add
|| functionality, drivers making the whole thing slower and more unstable.
|| That's my own opinion, just take a look at this "you have to recompile a
|| module for each krnel version you have" that is made so for epople who
|| release binary-only versions of their drivers for Linux. Anyways, I am a
|| little pissed. The main reason for my hiatus is because I have discovered
|| FreeBSD and fallen in love with it. It's robust, mature and has the latest
|| applications. It does everything I want for the moment and more. As far as
|| Gentoo goes, maybe I will be back to hack something when I get a new
|| machine and change my opinion about the Linux kernel. For instance
|| consider this bloat factor: apps now have to tell the kernel what type of
|| apps they are so they get proper scheduling. This is bloatware. Linux is a
|| windows replacement and going closer and closer to that 40mb of
|| kernel-space of WInXP... Anyways, I won't spoil your fun w/ gentoo, I am
|| only telling you that I have changed my mind about working on this
|| installer.
||
|| Thanks!
|| davoid
||
||
|| From: Bart Verwilst <verwilst@g.o>
||
|| >Reply-To: verwilst@g.o
|| >To: <gentoo-dev@g.o>
|| >Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] I am not a touch typest. Wish I were.
|| >Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 23:57:13 +0200
|| >
|| >We're working on a graphical installer...
|| >I'm planning to make it easier to install than Windows :)
|| >Ofcourse this will be optional, and the current install will always be
|| >available, and that's a garantee! :o)
|| >
|| >PS: This is a calling to everybody interessed, if you have ideas,
|| > drawings from the layout, you're a talented graphics dude, or something,
|| > don't hesitate to email me directly, we can use some help on this one :)
|| >
|| >Thanks!
|| >
|| >On Saturday 20 July 2002 13:26, Troy Dack wrote:
|| >|| ----- Original Message -----
|| >|| From: "D. Carrico" <dcarrico@×××××××.net>
|| >|| To: <gentoo-dev@g.o>
|| >|| Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 5:14 PM
|| >|| Subject: [gentoo-dev] I am not a touch typest. Wish I were.
|| >||
|| >|| > Gentoo,
|| >|| >
|| >|| > I love your distribution, but can you get the install down to at
|| >|| > least
|| >
|| >a
|| >
|| >|| > couple of scripts?
|| >||
|| >|| Don,
|| >||     You won't like this answer ....
|| >||
|| >|| Hopefully not!
|| >||
|| >|| Gentoo is not meant to be a point & click or type "go" to install type
|| >
|| >of
|| >
|| >|| distribution.  The beauty and power of linux lies in the fact that
|| >|| there are distributions available that cater to everyone's taste.
|| >||
|| >|| If you would like an install of Gentoo that only requires running a
|| >
|| >couple
|| >
|| >|| of scripts, then write them yourself and submit them through
|| >|| bugs.gentoo.org.  I'm sure there are others who would find them
|| >|| helpful.
|| >||
|| >|| --
|| >||     Troy
|| >||
|| >|| Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually
|| >|| repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
|| >||
|| >|| http://linuxserver.tkdack.com
|| >|| http://gentoo.tkdack.com
|| >||
|| >||
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|| >Bart Verwilst
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|| >Gent, Belgium
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Bart Verwilst
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