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»Q« wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:05:18 +0000, Guanqun Lu wrote: |
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>>> We can't expect that all the Gentoo users should be a linux geek |
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>>> first, and then have a try on Gentoo linux sytem. |
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>> Why not? Gentoo is aimed at more experienced users, Linux novices are |
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>> already amply catered for by other distros. I would never recommend |
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>> Gentoo to a new Linux user, in the same way that I wouldn't recommend |
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>> a Ferrari to a learner driver. |
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I don't know about some people here, but I don't care if Gentoo is |
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'popular'. I didn't care if I was popular in school, and I don't care |
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about it now. GNU/Linux isn't 'popular', Micro$oft is. One of the |
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greatest strengths of the FOSS movement is choices. Gentoo offers |
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people a choice to get their hands dirty, and customize the heck out |
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of everything they want. I threw Ubuntu on a laptop so I can test |
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drive it (I'm suggesting it to family / friends / clients as a windows |
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replacement) but I can't get luks to work on it currently. I went to |
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check /proc/config.gz to see if some stuff was enabled, there wasn't |
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/proc/config.gz. It took me 3 minutes to do on my Gentoo box because |
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I've made every decision on that machine. |
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> I was a Linux newbie when I installed Gentoo; it was the first distro |
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> I installed. It was recommended to me by a friend who said if I wanted |
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> to learn a lot as I installed it and set it up, Gentoo was a good |
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> idea. I now recommend it to newbies on the same basis. But it's only |
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> useful to them in this way /without/ the graphical installer. |
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Here here! I came from Red Hat 7.3, and I didn't even know how to |
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compile a kernel. My first try at Gentoo was 1.2_rc4 on a laptop that |
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had weird memory / pcmcia issues. My buddy suggested it to me because |
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he thought I'd like it. I learned *SO* much about GNU/Linux through |
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that experience and I'm still learning a lot. The problem with a |
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graphical installer is you're basically on a buggie ride through the |
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jungle. As long as you stay on the beaten path; you feel amazing |
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because you're seeing all of this stuff in the jungle. The moment you |
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jump off the beaten path you're amazingly ill-equipped to be in the |
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jungle. Might as well let people know what they're in for rather than |
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putting on heirs. |
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>> Anyway, you need to use other distros first to truly appreciate |
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>> Gentoo :) |
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> Ain't that the truth. |
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Yep! With the exception of some people on this list, most people I |
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know who tried out Gentoo (and don't mind getting their hands dirty) |
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won't go to anything else. Yum is ok, apt-get is kinda odd to me, but |
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emerge makes sense. Also, you're {generally} not maintaining two |
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systems (the binary one they give you and your source compiled system}. |
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