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From: hanez <you@×××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Obtaining Gentoo
Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 09:10:13
Message-Id: 200205021500.18164.you@hanez.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Obtaining Gentoo by Kurt Motekew
1 On Wednesday 01 May 2002 06:38, Kurt Motekew wrote:
2 > I've been a die hard Slackware user for the last few years, and I just
3 > recently heard about Gentoo. After reading about it on the gentoo.org
4 > webpage I became very excited thinking I have found something that might
5 > cause me to switch to another distro (I've tried about 4 so far -
6 > primarily just out of curiosity and not out of a desire to replace
7 > Slackware).
8 >
9 > The only thing stopping me not being able to buy the full distro on CD,
10 > with documentation in paper format (electronic documentation doesn't do
11 > much good while you are installing the OS on your computer).
12
13 you can buy the cd's for $5 usd @:
14 http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070010805
15
16 there is no documentation for it, but i think it's not much you need to know
17 for making an installation. you could read it online or print it out and then
18 make an installation from the cd's. after you're online you have the docs on
19 the screen again...
20
21 > Anyway, hope you guys are planning on eventually making such a product
22 > available. I don't have a high speed internet connection, and I doubt I
23 > will have one any time soon.
24
25 kind regards
26
27 hanez