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It is also worth keeping in mind that expert/poweruser does not mandate |
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always using command line, manual, prone to human error methods. GUI's |
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can be very fast and efficient at certain tasks, and anything that can |
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help produce a quick, clean and efficient install (which arguably gentoo |
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isnt) can only be of benefit. |
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Actually, I would rather that the gentoo install be cleaned up instead |
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of going the anaconda route. e.g., why is mkdir neccessary for |
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/mnt/gentoo? The chroot method works, but surely some clever scripting |
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can improve this so the user doesnt have to keep switching around. |
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i.e., automate the whole process - BUT - allow manuel intervention/input |
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at any stage - this is the bit anaconda, and Mandrake make harder than |
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should be neccessary. |
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I do suspect that no one system will suit all (which is why there each |
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distro is different!), but I think the gentoo method can be improved and |
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made into a real poweruser install - commandline, flexible and above |
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all, helpful to the user. Its well on the way. |
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The above is a bit of a ramble I admit, but having installed two gentoo |
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systems (and about to start a third) as well as a number of RH and |
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Mandrake, I can say it is a bit painful, particularly if you make a typo |
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(e.g., get the grub boot partition wrong!) or switch screens so you |
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cannot pageup and see what network card was detected etc). |
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Billk |
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On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 07:49, Matthew Kennedy wrote: |
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> Simonics Zsolt <simc@××××××.hu> writes: |
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> > "Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux distribution |
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> > for x86, PowerPC, Sparc and Sparc64 that's geared towards Linux power users." |
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> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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> > Sorry, but i think that this is not Anaconda Wizard's business. Don't |
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> > waste your time... |
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> Personally I feel this is definitely NOT a waste of time. I know what |
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> it says on the website wrt. power users, but I don't think there's any |
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> reason it needs to stay this way in the future. Just think, in the |
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> future it could be "...geared to towards giving users power" ;) |
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> Anyway AFIAK, such an installer will allow both Anaconda and plain |
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> shell-based installation. |
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> -- |
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> Matthew Kennedy |
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> Gentoo Linux Developer |
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> Bugs go in http://bugs.gentoo.org! |
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