Subj : Gentoo Linux
To   : Fornow
From : Ibanez
Date : Fri Jul 08 2005 12:54 am

  Re: Gentoo Linux
  By: Fornow to Khelms on Thu Jun 30 2005 07:22 am

 >   Re: Gentoo Linux
 >   By: Khelms to Outlaw on Tue Jun
 > 
 >  >  >   Re: Gentoo Linux
 >  >  >   By: Khelms to All on Thu Jun 23 2005 06:08 am
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I did not have good luck with it.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I like the idea behind it, but it has not worked as advertised the two
 >  >  > tried it.
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >  > I didn't get a working installation either.
 > 
 > I've tried Gentoo, and the impression I get is that it's
 > more useful as a "study" system than as a production system.
 > You can probably learn a lot from installing and running
 > Gentoo, but if you're looking for a cut-to-the-chase
 > system to get some work done, a different distro may be more
 > in line with your goals.

Or, just do a stage 3 if you need to get a system installed quickly. Soon to
be available with a GUI installer even! (they are working on it).

Portage rocks, I love it. The thing that throws most people on Gentoo who come
from another distribution is the setup of /etc and the startup process. Once
you have that down you've got Gentoo wrapped around your little finger. ;)

Seriously though, I think most people tend to get screwed during the kernel
compile and/or the configuration of lilo/grub. For the rest of the
installation, it's litterally nothing more than following instructions. If you
can follow instructions, you can install Gentoo.


- Ibanez

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