[gentoo-dev] article on gentoo linux

[Thorsten Fischer]

Dear gentledevelopers,

I discovered Gentoo Linux a few days ago and find it's port concept
to be very fascinating. As I am a frequent writer for the german
Linux Magazin, I decided to prepare an article about that distribution
for one of the next issues -- after I get the 'build installation' 
cross-compiled for my laptop =)

To have more than just a pure description of the installation process
and the features of the distribution, I ask for two things:

First, I would appreciate anything pointed out that is important to know
about gentoo and that is not covered on the website or the faq. I know 
this is quite an unspecific question, but as I do not know what is _not_
in the faq, i can't get more specific ;) User reports would be appreciated
as well, bad ones as well as positive ones, as I would prefer a balanced
view on gentoo.

Second, I did not find a hint on the site who is considered the 'inventor'
or current maintainer of gentoo. Gentoo Technologies is mentiond on the
bottom of each page, but gentootech.net is an empty page. I would
appreciate having a short interview with someone who can be considered 'in
charge', if there
is such a person. The only hint I found was Daniel Robbins being called a
chief architect in the Documentation Guide. Interview would include
asking questions on the whereabouts of gentoo, why, when, where, you
get the point. The portage system and its differences to apt-get
and *bsd ports would be covered as well. This may already be part of the
faq, but it's important to be included in an article.

If this thing does not belong on the list, please use one of the email
addresses in my signature for private messages.


happy hacking,

thorsten

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