Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

[Kent Fredric]

On 7/7/07, Hemmann, Volker Armin <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote:
> On Samstag, 7. Juli 2007, Thufir wrote:
> > On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:47:24 -0700, kashani wrote:
> > >     I say bring on the easiness. Make a big fat button after the
> >
> > liveCD
> >
> > > loads that says "Just install it for me in a nice default kinda way so I
> > > can start playing with this whole USE flag thing I've heard so much
> > > about" and be done with it.
> >
> > The irony here is that gentoo has had the live cd for a long time which
> > makes installing so much easier, but just won't go that extra step
> > because...it's supposed to be hard?  If it's "supposed" to be hard, why
> > have the live cd?  seems contrary.
> >
>
> well, hard filters out the 'I am stupid and I don't read documentation' crowd,
> which is a good thing. I would not call the installation via graphical
> installer 'hard', I would call it 'buggy beyond usefullness'.
>
> Apart from that, IMHO a livecd is completly braindead. When compiling you need
> as much free ram as you can get. Every mb counts. And a livecd takes away A
> LOT of ram. Even more stupid - a livecd with gnome (which is the DE with the
> biggest ram usage).
>
> So we have a livecd, which is stupid in itself, for installing and a buggy
> installer - only because to prevent some idiots from reading the
> documentation.
>
> Is that really smart?
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>

Minor positive note: if you have no desktop installed and want do do
something /practical/ while those hours of initial compile happen,
such as check your mail, surf the net, etc, its at least good for
that. No other OS really lets you use the system like that while you
wait for install, and listening to music while installing gives
brownie points from friends :)
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Kent
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