Re: [gentoo-dev] FAQ

[Thilo Bangert <thilo.bangert@gmx.net>]

> > > I can also contribute with maybe a bootdisk/netinstall and even
> > > a more automated installation process for people not really
> > > knowing what they are doing - if there is any interest for it
> > 
> > i've said this before: i wouldn't want to make it too easy for 
> > people - thats what made gentoo really fun
> 
> True. However, I think the installation process is unneccessarily
> complex, because you set up the gentoo environment manually, but all
> the boot-scripts etc which really teach you the inner workings of
> linux are automatically installed. Sure, newbies won't be afraid of
> recompiling their kernel etc, but it's not a "complete" learning
> experience.
> 

you have a valid point here
also, note that what i said could probably be compensated for by 
writing the docs to such a semi-automated install process
accordingly...

regards
Thilo