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On Jan 14, 2008, at 5:17 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:27:30 +0100, b.n. wrote: |
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>> If I can give you an advice: don't create a "new" livecd from |
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>> scratch. |
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>> Take an Ubuntu, Knoppix or similar live cd, just add these three |
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>> files |
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>> in a /gentoo directory, and re-release it xerox, with just the three |
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>> files added and a Gentoo logo somewhere. |
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> Or simply rebuild the existing CD with a newer kernel. Almost all of |
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> the |
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> complaints about it being out of date can be traced back to the users' |
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> hardware not being supported in the kernel used a year ago. |
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yeah. i agree. |
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In fact, imho the most perfect gentoo installer is the mini live cd! |
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what more can anybody need? |
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would it take much effort to maintain/refresh a mini live cd installer? |
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Couldn't that be refreshed every couple of months? |
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Having an "installer" gets newbies to like gentoo, reduces the barrier |
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of entry and gets new blood for the community and introduces users to |
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a whole new world and still give newbies the general idea of what |
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gentoo is. |
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not to mention give old hats a quick way to just get gentoo up and |
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running as quickly as possible. |
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if newbies find the mini live cd too difficult, then gentoo is |
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probably not for them is it? |
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Anything greater than a mini install cd i think, the community has the |
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right to expect contributors to help develop. |
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just my two cents worth. |
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Cocoy |
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"People who are really serious about software should make their own |
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hardware." --Alan Kay |
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