From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: 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_QUAR,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from holstebro.mip.sdu.dk (holstebro.mip.sdu.dk [130.225.143.14]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E70EC201A0FA for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:40:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by holstebro.mip.sdu.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41F5414A4F for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 23:40:54 +0200 (MEST) Received: from hedensted.mip.sdu.dk (hedensted.mip.sdu.dk [172.30.110.93]) by holstebro.mip.sdu.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id D813514A45 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 23:40:52 +0200 (MEST) Received: from hedensted (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hedensted.mip.sdu.dk (8.10.2+Sun/8.8.5) with SMTP id g38Leq403469 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 23:40:52 +0200 (MEST) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 23:40:52 +0200 From: Thilo Bangert To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] FAQ Message-Id: <20020408234052.10440733.thilo.bangert@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <1018297368.4266.28.camel@maas.wired> References: <001901c1dd26$68a45360$2401a8c0@malachite.ath.cx> <20020408191800.87FCB20EEAE1@chiba.3jane.net> <1018294763.4266.8.camel@maas.wired> <20020408215909.03ad451d.thilo.bangert@gmx.net> <1018297368.4266.28.camel@maas.wired> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.7; sparc-sun-solaris2.8) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 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: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 19f85194-530f-4453-bcf7-a091050327c0 X-Archives-Hash: fc64630b84fbe8af5fb5faa840b45c59 > > > 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