From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E0ijk-0000B5-A7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:38:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j74GapuP021599; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:36:51 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice02.Princeton.EDU [128.112.130.38]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j74GX7VH020173 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 16:33:08 GMT Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j74GXnaV029622 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 12:33:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j74GXmFZ018342 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 12:33:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CBBE35B9D46; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 12:33:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 12:33:46 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Badges Message-ID: <20050804163346.GA5848@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <200508040843.16581.yeahsowhat@gmail.com> <200508040903.25072.yeahsowhat@gmail.com> <1123165678.13217.49.camel@baby.espersunited.com> <342e10905080407374518e99c@mail.gmail.com> <558b73fb0508040750757dfe33@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <558b73fb0508040750757dfe33@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 86be275b-14cc-4cae-a219-ab049f53d0f8 X-Archives-Hash: 25231900007a048a91c8ed23b00a87e4 On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 10:50:17AM -0400, Michael Crute wrote: > At the expense of sounding like an "Elitist Chowderhead" I kind of agree > with Chris. I'm fairly new to Gentoo (but not to Linux). I came from Fedora > and must say that personally Gentoo makes way more sense and pisses me off > far less than any RedHat distro. But that said I would never recommend > Gentoo to a noob unless they where just as geeky as I. I would rather see > normal people use distros like Mandriva and Linspire then graduate to Gentoo > when and if they are ready than to have them start at Gentoo then get pissed > off at their own inability to make the thing work and go back to Windoze. > Just my $0.02, take it for what it's worth. > > -Mike > I disagree. I think we should pit people first against OpenBSD, then FreeBSD, then Gentoo Linux, then Debian, then SuSE, then Fedora/Mandrake... which ever one they manage to install on the first try (of course, following a manual) should be they one they start from..... Of course, a sadistic bastard like myself (and since I am speaking from experience, probably also masochistic) should have no say in this matters. q= I kid of course. I have had at least UserLand experience with RedHat and Solaris before I installed a *nix system on my own computer. With a manual in hand, even the BSDs were quite easy to set up. Unfortunately a BIOS bug in my IBM Thinkpad means that openbsd killed it for good (or at least until a complete system wipe). But seriously, I don't see really problems with n00bs using Gentoo as a starter distro, so long as the said n00bs knows the power of google... Best, W -- Once you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 3 days, 23:45 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list