From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <jago@telefragged.com> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,RDNS_NONE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from home2.telefragged.com (unknown [65.192.137.172]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F081AC7A4 for <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>; Wed, 29 May 2002 02:16:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (gw2.ofw.fi [194.111.144.2]) by home2.telefragged.com (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id g4T8N5e07685 for <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>; Wed, 29 May 2002 03:23:06 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Question From: Dan Naumov <jago@telefragged.com> To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <F177HO0KXDrpFLMd0c80000fdd1@hotmail.com> References: <F177HO0KXDrpFLMd0c80000fdd1@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5 Date: 29 May 2002 10:14:36 +0300 Message-Id: <1022656483.3588.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev-request@gentoo.org?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev>, <mailto:gentoo-dev-request@gentoo.org?subject=subscribe> List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev>, <mailto:gentoo-dev-request@gentoo.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.gentoo.org/pipermail/gentoo-dev/> X-Archives-Salt: 75601cd4-da38-43bd-9e6e-57c3a9a9f275 X-Archives-Hash: 5983be03aa0e4de18831ea5b90f685f8 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)