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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: minimal installation CD iso is where?, &&
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:32:13
Message-Id: 20150806193141.105356b3@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: minimal installation CD iso is where?, && by Mick
1 On Thu, 6 Aug 2015 19:25:08 +0100, Mick wrote:
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3 > > That's what Gentoo did years ago. You could download a DVD with
4 > > prebuilt binary packages. It meant you could follow the handbook, but
5 > > without changing use flags from the default profiles for that DVD,
6 > > and get a running system in no time. I remember installing Gentoo on
7 > > a PPC iBook about 10 years ago and it took an hour from booting the
8 > > live DVD to having a working KDE desktop. Then I could tweak my USE
9 > > flags and re-emerge stuff while the system was already usable.
10 >
11 > Wasn't that the GRP option?
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13 That was it, I couldn't remember the name.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 Someone who thinks logically is a nice contrast to the real world.

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