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On Sunday 01 October 2006 11:08, 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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> Terry Eck |
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> SUSE LINUX 10.0 (i586) -- 2.6.13-15.12-default -- Sun 10/01/06 |
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> 1:00pm up 16:53, 3 users, load average: 0.79, 0.54, 0.37 |
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For your first time I'd highly suggest the graphical installer. It'll |
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save you some time, and while a lot of people correctly point out that |
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it robs you of a great learning experience, it was the only thing that |
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enabled a complete newbie (me) to successfully install gentoo. |
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Once you've got Gentoo installed though... it's almost invulnerable. |
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I've done some really dumb things to my installation, and I've always |
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been able (with a great deal of help from this list) to restore my |
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machine to working order. |
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I also have to say that your memory footprint will get smaller with |
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gentoo. The stuff you compile is much more suited to your setup if you |
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spend the time to tweak your system. |
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It has some excellent tools for administering your system, and I haven't |
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had a stability problem yet (Kubuntu is more error-prone than Gentoo - |
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no joke.) |
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If you're up to the challenge, Gentoo is wonderful. I love it so much I |
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installed it on my server. |
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Also, for a threaded mail client, KMail*, Thunderbird, and even MS |
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Outlook Express have threaded features. If you're interested in GMail, |
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I'd be happy to send you an invite. |
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*Coming from a happy and satisfied (even spoiled) KMail user. Worth a |
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try if nothing else. |
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