Re: [gentoo-dev] New install isos needed

[Ben Kohler]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:

>
> Tend to agree.  To install Gentoo you really just need a shell, the
> ability to partition and create filesystems, some basic networking
> (even that is somewhat optional), and a text editor.  Sure, a browser
> and such is a real nice-to-have, as would be something nicer than
> nano, but you really don't need them to install Gentoo.


As an experienced user, it's fairly easy to run through the basic gentoo
install procedure from just about any root-on-linux login prompt you can
find.  But like it or not, some new users do depend on a certain amount of
consistency and and blindly-trusted copy-paste-ability.  Even the
gentoo-based sysresccd deviates enough to make things interesting at times.
 As cool as zsh is, having it as the default shell (with
non-gentoo-standard prompt) IS going to throw some people for a loop.  Not
to mention the polluted environment issues (ie $path set after chroot).  I
think it's important that our officially-endorsed iso stays closely tied to
the "standard gentoo" setup.  For the new user experience, I don't think
"any old linux iso will do just fine" applies.

BTW I just quoted your one paragraph because I definitely agree with
everything else you said.

-Ben