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On Jan 11, 2008 8:08 PM, Michael Schmarck |
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<michael.schmarck@×××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> > GRML ? Knoppix ? other LiveCD ? What for, man ? |
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> Oh, quite easy - to install Gentoo. That way, the knowledge of experts |
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> in creating live CDs is leveraged. NIH is not a good point of view, if |
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> you ask me. |
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> > Using extra rescue |
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> > systems is a liberty, of course, but why should it be a must ? I |
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> Easy - to make use of expert knowledge. To save resources, as that's |
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> obviously a scarcity in Gentoo. |
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Not sure that in the whole Gentoo community we cannot find someone not |
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interested in dev stuff but okay to build CD releases... I can |
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understand the understaffed argument, but in that case don't tell me |
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that install CD is bad, tell me Gentoo has no resource for, but the |
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debate is "does Gentoo need install CD or not ?". |
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> > see no gain in downloading and burning one more system... |
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> Uhm? That doesn't make sense. Downloading GRML is no worse than |
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> downloading a Gentoo Live CD. |
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Yes it is. Portage is not included, you depend on other systems that |
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don't mind about Gentoo needs and could go on different way, and I |
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find very strange to have a 2.6.23 stable in Gentoo, but not necessary |
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on other liveCD at the same time, plus networkless installations... I |
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think it is very good -for any distro- to have an installCD that |
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brings a good system to not-connected machines. Just for them. |
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> > [...] I don't want to take care about |
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> > versions |
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> Me neither, but that's a dream. |
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I mean dealing with Gentoo components versions sounds sensible.... |
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watching GRML/Knoppix/whatever website for a Gentoo install...surely |
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less. |
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> > So, of course, as far as |
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> > one of linux distro at least will provide a way to boot up an |
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> > up-to-date kernel, all the other distros won't have to maintain their |
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> > own releases, but in the end, I am not sure that the whole community |
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> > wants to launch the Windows Ubuntu installer, download the required |
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> > packages manager from the web and update the system from the good |
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> > repository. |
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> I don't get, what you were trying to say here. |
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I mean that one particular aspect of linux world that I love is |
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choice. I am very pleased to show different live CD to newbies and I |
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hope that all other distros won't have the same reasoning. Okay, GRML |
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does a nice job. But if a Gentoo user wants to spend time to build |
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liveCD, I see no reason not to let him release official iso ... and |
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propose a Gentoo alternative. Certainly not because guys are experts |
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in rescue systems at grml.org. |
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Gal' |
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