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> I have just installed the Gentoo Linux and I'm very happy with it, |
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> but think it could be better. |
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Everything can always be better :) |
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> Eventhough, the installation could be a little simpler, with at |
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> least, a menu based installation (if not graphical), like, for example, |
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> RedHat5 or so. In addition, things like network card module load, may |
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> be done automatically. If the system detects my ne2k-pci (as it does), |
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> why doesn´t it load the module by itself?. A menu-based ip |
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> configuration, CPU selection (for the -mcpu, -march)... In one word, a |
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> front-end. |
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> The installation itself is not hard (at least for someone with a |
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> little experience), but with an appropiate front-end, it would be just |
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> incredible. |
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Well, I believe the main goal for Gentoo is total flexibility/control |
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over what you want to do with your setup and do not forget Gentoo is |
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still very young. The more important is to have an emerge tool that is |
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flexible/reliable/fast because it is really the heart of Gentoo. Then |
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all things are possible including better hardware detection, maybe GUI |
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installation. One thing people using Gentoo do not want to lose is |
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flexibility/control over proliferation of GUIs. For the time being |
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Gentoo is a distribution for people ready to spend time on their system. |
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But really rewarding, believe me.. and being able to keep your system |
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up-to-date with emerge is easy beyond belief :) :) |
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> Another little thing is a graphical tool which lets you see the |
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> packages installed and those available at Gentoo, install those you |
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> want with just one click (or some of them), de-install them in the same |
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> way, etc. |
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That's your lucky day, it's called "kportagemaster". |
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Try "emerge rsync" then "emerge -p kportagemaster" then if your happy |
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"emerge kportagemaster" |
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> Nothing more. Just to say that this is, by far, the best distribution |
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> I've ever used (and I've used, SlackWare (by the timer fvwm95 "was |
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> born"), RedHat (5, 6, 7), Suse (7 & 8), Debian (potato), Mandrake 8...). |
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Excellent conclusion indeed :) |
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/Fred |
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