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On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:16:19 +0100 |
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Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > No flames from me. I agree. I wouldn't recommend Gentoo to |
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> > someone who has no, or even very little, Linux experience. Looking |
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> > back, I was one heck of a noob when I installed Gentoo. It had to |
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> > be fools luck that I got it done. Then again, the docs were, and |
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> > still are, really good. You can dang near copy and paste the |
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> > commands. |
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> I know some people who had very few experience with Linux. But they |
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> succeeded in installing Gentoo. And they learnt a lot by doing so. If |
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> you installed Gentoo, you know Linux. |
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> That's what I like about Gentoo. You know what you are doing, and many |
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> integral parts are easier to understand than with another distro, |
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> where things are hidden by GUI config tools. |
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> But if you just want to have a Linux to play around with, go with a |
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> binary distro. You can install Gentoo later if you like, even while |
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> using the Linux you already have. If you have some space onthe disk to |
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> add other partitions. Did I mention yet that LVM is nice for this? |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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