Re: [gentoo-dev] Question

[Dan Naumov <jago@telefragged.com>]

On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 09:54, Bojan Blazevic wrote:
I recently found out about Gentoo Linux in a magazine. I went to the
site to find out more about it. I read the instructions and came out
perplexed at the end. None of the commands are explained in detail, I
take it that they are all standard Linux commands that previous Linux
version users would know. Is there a site or a book I can read to be
able to understand the instructions. Or what would you reccomend for a
person thats not o advanced that wants Gentoo.
 

I am afraid that if the commands mentioned in the installation guide
puzzle you, then Gentoo Linux is not for you, because they are indeed
standart Linux commands. If you're interested in Linux, but are too
afraid of commands that seem to be cryptic and are not ready for doing
lots of things manually as well as reading enormous amounts of
documentation, I would suggest some other Linux distribution, like
RedHat, Mandrake or SUSE.

They are much easier to setup for a person who is not an avid Linux user
and they have rather good hardware autodetection during the install
process and most of them also supply GUI configuration utils that you
can use after installation. Gentoo Linux offers neither, nor does it aim
to. Think of it as a do-it-yourself-Linux-distribution. Many people like
the idea, many people don't.

Sincerely,
Dan Naumov (aka Jago on OPN)