From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 669C8138010 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 07:33:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7904DE068C; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 07:33:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92F19E05FA for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 07:33:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.169.32.22] (85-76-22-223-nat.elisa-mobile.fi [85.76.22.223]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: ssuominen) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2E21733D8CC for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 07:33:26 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <514EAC06.7000107@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:32:22 +0200 From: Samuli Suominen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130309 Thunderbird/17.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New install isos needed References: <1364062009.1933.11.camel@belkin4> <201303232128.35768.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <201303240029.34053.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <514E540D.1090303@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: dfeb81a9-500f-4aec-8f60-332c1d888ebc X-Archives-Hash: 235013df71b0c03d5816bb5aebb5ed57 On 24/03/13 06:30, Ben de Groot wrote: > On 24 March 2013 09:17, Dale wrote: >> Andreas K. Huettel wrote: >>> Am Samstag, 23. März 2013, 21:40:16 schrieb Markos Chandras: >>>>> Why not officially recommend SystemRescueCD instead? >>>>> >>>> Looks really bad to recommend another installation media (even if it >>>> is based on Gentoo) to people who want >>>> to install our distro. I'd rather Gentoo recommended the live DVDs we >>>> do from time to time than having these autobuilds around >>>> that seem to break far too often. >>> >>> Except for the fact that downloading a DVD is slightly different from >>> downloading a CD... >>> >>> Seriously. SystemRescueCD is more or less exactly what we would need. Has >>> anyone ever approached the SystemRescueCD developers? >>> >> >> I must confess, I have not used the official Gentoo ISOs in ages. I use the >> SystemRescueCD from a USB stick all the time. > > Me too. Our minimal CD is too minimal for my tastes (no X, no GUI > browser for documentation), and our DVD too heavy. SystemRescueCD > seems to hit the sweet spot. > > Maybe we could do a co-branded edition once in a while? > likewise, either sysrescuecd (OR ubuntu's livecd for networkmanager to get ppp0 up and running) i don't mind configuring ppp0 after installation, but during installation it is an major obstacle imho we should contact the sysrescuecd developers and suggest more close cooperation, such that it could be called official install media in gentoo-terms