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[217.169.3.230]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 63sm8736707wra.30.2017.08.21.12.18.24 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 21 Aug 2017 12:18:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] install under centos606 Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:18:11 +0100 Message-ID: <15213345.meHEhqYnG5@dell_xps> In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1660356.79IsELqQxa"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 3b4ac82f-8dd6-473c-a88e-51ee94dc18a0 X-Archives-Hash: 25b4ef4606a6a4b149741150afe0eddf --nextPart1660356.79IsELqQxa Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Monday, 21 August 2017 12:49:27 BST mad.scientist.at.large@tutanota.com wrote: > Any likely problems if i install the stage3 tarball etc. under centos6.6? > tried the live dvd but it has problems with my current graphics card > (framebuffer driver). I haven't tried out installing Gentoo using a CentOS LiveCD, but I have installed it using Knoppix and more recently I have been exclusively using systemrescueCD. I recommend you give it a spin. > I'm excited about using gentoo, though the online instructions could really > use more structuring, i.e. it's hard to avoid reading the parts you don't > need to and the "flow" is rather lost. I think the flow is not bad, for my needs at least. For example this page offers a chapter at a time: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64 which walks you through the installation in a structured manner. You can skip the section you are familiar with or have processed already. > It's an extremely verbose document > which makes it very hard to get the gist of the install procedure. Well you can't cover all edge use cases in a document which has to introduce new users to this meta-distro, but it should get any willing participant to a boot prompt after some diligent application of keyboard effort. > it's > not a bad document, merely poorly organized. I do appreciate the work that > went into it, and it's good to have the detail available, but a more > hierarchical procedure would be more readable and understandable. i'm > fairly experienced at linux and it's hard for me to follow, most newbies > would be helplessly confused. Once i'm more familiar with gentoo i'd be > happy to take a stab at it, but not until i'm far more familiar. Thank you > for what is likely the best distro for me and for being transparent, this > is meant as purely constructive criticism, and i know no documentation can > please all. no flames please, i've given up on other distro's who's mail > list are full of flamers, something that doesn't help anyone. > > /OT > yes, i'm dysgraphic, but i try to be concise and use good grammar, and all > of my sentences go somewhere. I also don't expect non-native speakers to > be perfect, i know english is a somewhat ugly language in many cases (like > spelling), but that's because like gentoo, pieces have been borrowed from > all over. that eclectic nature can be very useful but tends to slightly > complicate things and webster didn't do us any favors. i'm 54 and learned > to write cursive/script at least 4 times, it never stuck. my brain works > differently than most but that's often a good thing (i tend to notice > things many people miss, and often miss what is obvious to others to some > degree). so bear with me and you might learn something, or ignore my posts > and the insight in them but please don't think you can help more than an > army of educators has. if you try to shame me the fault is your's. i am > dyslexic, there are worse things. i do pay special attention to > abbreviations where capitalisation can really matter, it is alot more of an > effort for me than for most./OTOFF For someone who is dysgraphic/dyslexic I think you are managing extremely well, so this won't stop you trying out Gentoo, even if the handbook appears awkward at times. I seem to recall a shorter guide for more advanced users but I can't find it at present. Others may have a URL for it. -- Regards, Mick --nextPart1660356.79IsELqQxa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. 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