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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from www.fastmail.fm (fastmail.fm [209.61.183.86]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C86EABD52 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 22:35:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB5346D9DF for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 22:35:35 -0500 (CDT) X-Epoch: 1023075335 X-Sasl-enc: 0g1QLZim2L8pyYfIB/X1fg Received: from asciwhite (12-216-74-100.client.mchsi.com [12.216.74.100]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id F16A16D9CA for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 22:35:34 -0500 (CDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Justin Lambert To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (2) [LARGE] Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 22:38:49 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.1 References: <1022992388.8152@corvus.com.ve> <87adqd5jhk.fsf@gentoo.shacknet.nu> <20020602220518.A12130@firinn.org> In-Reply-To: <20020602220518.A12130@firinn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200206022238.49238.jlambert@eml.cc> 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: 29b90762-9bc1-4375-a07d-958ef3407a24 X-Archives-Hash: 05ddf38f0a738595d518c7cc668e48df I for one have really grown to like the flexibility that I have during my= =20 Gentoo install. One minor thing I do that I couldn't do with an installe= r is=20 before I format I ftp my /usr/portage/distfiles somewhere else and even=20 before I run the bootstrap script I emerge ncftp and copy that directory=20 back. It saves me a ton of time downloading things. This would be the k= ind=20 of things I (personally) would miss with an all in wonder installer. My 2c jl On Sunday 02 June 2002 10:05 pm, Mark Bainter wrote: > Matthew Kennedy [mkennedy@gentoo.org] wrote: > > Simonics Zsolt writes: > > > "Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux > > > distribution for x86, PowerPC, Sparc and Sparc64 that's geared towa= rds > > > Linux power users." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sorry,= but > > > i think that this is not Anaconda Wizard's business. Don't waste yo= ur > > > time... > > > > Personally I feel this is definitely NOT a waste of time. I know what > > it says on the website wrt. power users, but I don't think there's an= y > > reason it needs to stay this way in the future. Just think, in the > > future it could be "...geared to towards giving users power" ;) > > The trouble with this is that once a distribution starts down this > path the trend seems to be to add more and more stuff for "newbies" > at the expense of the power and flexibility that more advanced users > enjoy. > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev