Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is GWN dead?

[Dale]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Thursday 17 January 2008, Thufir wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:33:32 +0000, Qian Qiao wrote:
>>
>>> What extra do you archieve if you install your Gentoo from a Gentoo
>>> LiveCD instead of a Knoppix CD? None!
>>>
>>> Stop binding you mind to the concept that "I have to install a
>>> Gentoo from a Gentoo CD", it's not true, start looking at a broader
>>> perspective.
>>>
>> I don't think anyone's making that argument.  What I'm asking, at
>> least, is why Gentoo prides itself on having one of the steepest
>> learning curves.
>>
>
> Because it's a source-based distro.
>
> And that one simple fact changes EVERYTHING.
>
> Now think this through - you have a source based distro where everything
> is built locally. What does it take to boot strap such a system
> install? What do you need to provide? What tools must be available? How
> will they be made available? Then the killer question:
>
> What does the user need to know to be able to do this?
>
> Doesn't matter how you spin it, we don't have a binary distro and what
> works there probably doesn't work here. We have to use techniques that
> actually work here, and catering for every possible user type, a la
> Mandriva, is simply not going to work.
>

Well said.  Gentoo is nothing like Mandriva, Mandrake or whatever it is
called now.  I switched from Mandrake and while Gentoo does have a
learning curve, my only other option to have the control I wanted was
Linux from Scratch.  That was a bit much for me, no tarball to at least
start out with.

I still like having the CD around tho.  ;-)

Dale

:-)
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