From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JDlt1-0004Ri-Kx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:19:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2E61BE05A8; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:18:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.osagesoftware.com (osagesoftware.com [216.144.204.42]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86F1AE059A for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:18:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from osage.osagesoftware.com (osage.osagesoftware.com [192.168.1.10]) by mail.osagesoftware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9FF67BC39 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:18:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:18:53 -0500 From: David Relson To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is GWN dead? Message-ID: <20080112141853.6339fc0f@osage.osagesoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <47876E63.3010009@bellsouth.net> References: <20080111082729.GA12107@localhost> <6142e6140801110037p7d5167c5y619b318ba1bf652e@mail.gmail.com> <1200041896.10339.13.camel@localhost> <20080111091237.GB12107@localhost> <1343558.gq7T5pozvP@michael-schmarck.my-fqdn.de> <20080111071549.4677caa8@osage.osagesoftware.com> <47876E63.3010009@bellsouth.net> Organization: Osage Software Systems, Inc. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 81cb5760-afd1-4499-973e-754b87b85db5 X-Archives-Hash: aa7537522ef1f87478052bf96a1737fa On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:25:55 -0600 Eddie Mihalow Jr wrote: ...[snip]... > You are missing the point of Gentoo then. We are NOT a binary distro > (to repeat ad nauseum). If you want that kind of install, please > change distros. I do find these other methods of install to be > interesting though. Has anyone on this list ever used a PXE boot > image to install? I thought the point of gentoo was the ability to customize settings for optimal performance/ and fit. I see this customization as starting during installation and continuing after that. I also see it as separate from _how_ the initial installation occurs. Is it gentoo's goal to make the installation difficult so only a select group can do the install? Or is the goal to make gentoo a great distro? In the latter case, why not make the installation easy? David -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list