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Terry Eck wrote: |
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> I've been a SuSE user for several years now currently running 10.0. |
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> I'm interested in giving gentoo a try with the object of converting |
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> from SuSE to gentoo. I've been looking at this list for a couple of |
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> weeks and have determined that there may be a steep learning curve |
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> on my part converting. Any words of advice on getting up to speed |
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> using gentoo before I install it. |
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> Thanks for any advice you might be able to give me. |
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I pretty much think that if I can install and run Gentoo then, anyone |
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willing to give it an honest try can do it. I *do not* have a technical |
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educational background. |
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I writing this to retiterate what all other responses have said - read |
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the Handbook and any other HowTo documents on the Gentoo site. Books |
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have been written for other Linux distros, but no one has written one |
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for Gentoo - it's not needed. Gentoo documentation is superlative and |
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exceptionally easy to follow! |
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If the something in the documentation needs clarification, or you run |
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into a snag, the people on this list are always ready to lend a helping |
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hand and in my experience you'll always be steered in the right direction. |
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Good luck! At the risk of sounding biased, Gentoo is the best distro of |
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any! I've used Redhat/Fedora Core, Mandrake (before it became |
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Mandriva), Mepis, and Ubuntu/Kubuntu and you couldn't pay me to go back |
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to any of those! |
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Regards, |
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Colleen |
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