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On 3/1/07, Cory Visi <merlin@g.o> wrote: |
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> With Gentoo, once you are up and running, releases become very |
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> unimportant. What do you think? |
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That's true, but ever wonder why so many people expend so much effort |
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to have easy-to-use installers? It turns out that if installation is a |
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pain, many fewer people actually end up using your software. Gentoo is |
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more than just Portage. |
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Now, maybe people in Linux land have been too obsessed with having a |
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super-friendly installer - but it needs to be friendly-enough (and |
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compatible-enough) and it might be a good idea to take a fresh look at |
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how to streamline the Gentoo install experience. |
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Right now, installing Gentoo is a chore, and the many wonderful |
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choices of Gentoo end up making the install rather complicated. So I |
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definitely support ideas to help make our installation process |
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better/streamlined and less confusing. There are a lot of easy little |
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things that could be done. |
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-Daniel |
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