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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GUK3J-0003RU-HC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:25:34 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k929OPeV019800; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 09:24:25 GMT Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k929K6Qh000528 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 09:20:07 GMT Received: from sympatico.ca ([70.49.156.81]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with SMTP id <20061002092005.FELR10262.tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 05:20:05 -0400 Received: by sympatico.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 05:20:05 -0400 Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 05:20:05 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user Message-ID: <20061002092005.GA5827@sympatico.ca> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <45200419.7030801@comcast.net> <45206916.5080705@comcast.net> 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: <45206916.5080705@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Archives-Salt: 3715af60-7b39-4225-83c6-5f23ad379a0b X-Archives-Hash: c3784f76b096e37761d54ce3e978d60c 061001 Terry Eck wrote: > Thanks to everyone who responded to my post. > I will give gentoo a try to see how it goes. > my first experience with linux was around 1994 using Slackware 1.2.0. > Back then it was common to configure and compile the kernel for sound. You really should have no problem with Gentoo with that experience ! You've had a lot of generally sensible advice while I've been asleep (smile). I installed Gentoo exactly 3 yrs ago & have never had regrets or problems. Read the installation guide & the manual carefully before you start, have printed copies at hand & follow to the letter what they say. Avoid the GUI installer, which is not a finished product yet. I did a Stage-3 GRP install, which gives you binaries to get started. After that, it's upto you how often you update packages: I do 'eix-sync' every Sat to get the list of what's available, check the nice colored list of what's changed during the week, then 'emerge' those which seem to be worthwhile. There are 3 levels of reliability: 'x86' (or whatever your platform is) has become something like Debian 'stable', ie rather conservative; '~x86' sb useable, but perhaps not for basic system items when new; 'hard-masked' is only for people willing to test buggy stuff. My compiling get done on a separate KDE desktop, while I do other things: Open Office takes 6 hr (overnight), but there is a binary, if you want it; a middle-sized set of KDE pkgs takes perhaps 3,5 hr ; otherwise, the longest compiles are c 1 hr (my CPU is an AMD 2500+). Gentoo is for people who want to manage their own boxes: you will need to edit configure files, but they're very well annotated. You should have a reasonably fast CPU , >= 512 MB memory & broadband, tho' some hardy people seem to run Gentoo with smaller resources. Let us all know what happens ! -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : purslow@chass.utoronto.ca ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list