From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <foser@sesmar.eu.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from sesmar.eu.org (warande3054.warande.uu.nl [131.211.123.54]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D8DFABD86 for <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 07:19:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from sesmar.eu.org (rivendell.sesmar.eu.org [192.168.0.2]) by sesmar.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50EE5357F4 for <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:19:33 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <3CFA0D10.8040707@sesmar.eu.org> Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 14:18:24 +0200 From: foser <foser@sesmar.eu.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0rc2) Gecko/20020516 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (2) [LARGE] References: <1022992388.8152@corvus.com.ve> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 55fdaa73-9792-40bc-85da-5045932d39fc X-Archives-Hash: f4c76844698f9bc5ab6792ae333fb6e7 vprada@corvus.com.ve wrote: > As i told you this was my first approach. I think that we need a fast way to multiply the number of "non-technical" users that can use Gentoo, and this was the fastest way that i did find. > Not to put you down, but gentoo isn't aimed at non-technical users afaik. Why does every distro want to appeal to as much people as possible ? There's so much about gentoo which could use help in developing, an a fancy installer imo really isn't one of them (i don't see what it adds except in a lot more newbie traffic). Let people just start out with RH/Mandrake, move on to debian or similar and finally make their way to gentoo. By then they have the knowledge to use it and appreciate what it can and does. Just my 2 cents (i speak for myself here). - foser