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On Sunday 13 January 2008, Norman Rieß wrote: |
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> I have installed Gentoo in many ways, the old UniversalCD, the |
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> LiveCD, others Distros LiveCD's, from a working Gentooinstallation to |
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> a usb-connected drive which was transferred to boot in a old laptop |
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> and so on. But i still think a Gentoo-Install-CD/DVD is a good thing. |
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> So your statement "The users around here pushing the idea to have an |
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> install CD just do not get it, and are probably *not*able* to think |
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> out the box." is clearly not bulletproof. |
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You miss my point. |
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The thread is about users insisting that Gentoo must have an installer |
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because "how else would one install Gentoo?" which is patently not |
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true. |
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My comment was to highlight that people who don't see the truth of that |
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probably can't think out the box. I didn't pull this comment out my ass |
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either, it's based on several hundred observations of me personally, in |
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face-to-face situations, explaining to people how a typical Linux |
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install process works and observing how many get it and how many don't. |
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Please don't respond to my posts in isolation, treating them as 10 |
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second sound bites. They are in a thread, and part of a larger context. |
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If you want a Gentoo installer then by all means go ahead and make one. |
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Or you can pay someone to make one for you. That is how FLOSS works |
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after all. |
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But is not justifiable to make the creation of such an installer a |
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top-priority for Gentoo, as such a thing ALREADY EXISTS. It just |
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doesn't have a Gentoo "G" logo on it. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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