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On Sunday 14 June 2009 13:02:50 AG wrote: |
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> Hi all |
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> Thanks for the responses to my earlier query regarding co-location of |
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> Debian and Gentoo on the same HDD. |
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> I still have a few questions regarding an installation before I take the |
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> plunge: |
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> (1) Looking through the background docs, it occurs to me that if I |
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> wanted to install Gentoo on my system, I would need access to a second |
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> machine that is running all of the on-line docs that guide one through |
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> the installation process. Is this correct? If not, how does one refer |
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> to the (seemingly quite comprehensive) guidelines whilst in the middle |
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> of an installation? |
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With links or link2 or lynx - it's on the stage 3. |
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Get network up and running, view docs in text mode |
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> (2) When Gentoo installs its libraries, does this duplicate the |
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> libraries already on my machine? For instance - if I have OOo and KDE |
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> and Xfce4 loaded as part of my Debian Squeeze system, will Gentoo also |
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> install its own version of OOo, KDE and Xfce4 alongside the Deb files? |
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> I was thinking that this would have a number of implications in terms of |
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> space and (potentially) in how the drive is partitioned for the Gentoo |
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> installation ... unless I'm missing the point? |
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Yes. You have two complete operating systems, and they share very little, if |
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anything. Don't try and be tempted to share binaries - that way does madness |
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lie. |
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> (3) What differences would I likely experience between running my |
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> Debian installation and the Gentoo installation? |
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That's not a question that anyone except you can answer - it's like asking me |
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what different experience will you have between your ex-wife and current |
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girlfriend. I have no idea, nor any way to find out. |
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They will be different, that much is true. Gentoo will work the way you set it |
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up, I can't even warn you about sudo instead of su a la Ubuntu as Gentoo let's |
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you do it either way. If you use Gnome, you will get Gnome's default theme (a |
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blue one?) instead of say Ubuntu's Human theme. Changing that is a simple |
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emerge and a few mouse clicks. |
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What you will do is spend an insane amount of time trying to figure out what a |
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certain USE flag actually does an if you want it. Debian doesn't give you that |
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choice. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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