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=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN, DMARC_MISSING,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE80CABD58 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:50:42 -0500 (CDT) Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17IWs0-0002VS-00 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 17:50:44 +0200 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17IWlG-0002Ea-00 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 17:43:46 +0200 Path: heather.int.siteman.co.uk!nobody From: Mark Gordon Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.devel Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 16:24:10 +0100 Message-ID: <6vdhgu093v7f5kkfu3pgrjdoja33t06pdi@4ax.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.19.79.226 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1023983026 8590 212.19.79.226 (13 Jun 2002 15:43:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 15:43:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: newbie advice 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: d4290073-f48a-4a50-9580-7c8cde7f8709 X-Archives-Hash: f9205b9a8b14e5ea2eae81b6746878f3 On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:51:11 -0400, "Robert Abel" wrote: >What do you think the odds are a linux newbie can successfully install and >configure gentoo? I have an old machine I am considering playing around >with but, some reveiws on the net I have read say my chances of succeeding >are horrible. What is your opinion? If you are prepared to actually read the documentation and research anything you don't understand you can probably do it. If you expect to just press a few buttons and by magic have everything working, not a chance. So read the installation guide and give it a go, the worst that will happen is you have to re-format the HD and install a different OS. -- Mark Gordon