From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RXG4B-0004d7-3J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:41:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9780121C16F; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:41:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E50F21C15B for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:38:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbds1 with SMTP id ds1so5536039wgb.10 for ; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:38:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hpo0sg0o28eLIaPBO2FnvJW2eS6HTwJ6WBX/th1zHW4=; b=gp7lQM3cXggasrzw2qtZHqOKBPslYlsW5uW+AEaKH3uRhiOkZ5X3w/ZMoZj4e7DskH yUbYg0TOqEbFF3+P+s7d43hrjYJjWdNb6NGx/1LeFO0/WvbfZzqkvpRGfu61xpeWFZpu x/Eg2B382ejuIVWckpZUAPpCLHJfDwsTxJwSg= Received: by 10.180.83.129 with SMTP id q1mr8876847wiy.55.1323020318503; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:38:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from rohan.example.com ([196.215.144.97]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v10sm8891171wiy.23.2011.12.04.09.38.36 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:38:37 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 19:38:21 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse Message-ID: <20111204193821.6736b1fa@rohan.example.com> In-Reply-To: <4EDBAAE3.10001@wonkology.org> References: <2313650.7AYt18jPXV@localhost> <8762hw1mf3.fsf@newsguy.com> <20111204135528.6def805e@digimed.co.uk> <20111204180709.640c013f@rohan.example.com> <4EDBA31E.7060404@gmail.com> <4EDBAAE3.10001@wonkology.org> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; 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: fe0b326d-54b2-475c-9a5b-edf74bb33c66 X-Archives-Hash: 30a44dec69ce63bfa94ec8d437ef309c On Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:16:19 +0100 Alex Schuster wrote: > > No flames from me. I agree. I wouldn't recommend Gentoo to > > someone who has no, or even very little, Linux experience. Looking > > back, I was one heck of a noob when I installed Gentoo. It had to > > be fools luck that I got it done. Then again, the docs were, and > > still are, really good. You can dang near copy and paste the > > commands. > > I know some people who had very few experience with Linux. But they > succeeded in installing Gentoo. And they learnt a lot by doing so. If > you installed Gentoo, you know Linux. > > That's what I like about Gentoo. You know what you are doing, and many > integral parts are easier to understand than with another distro, > where things are hidden by GUI config tools. > > But if you just want to have a Linux to play around with, go with a > binary distro. You can install Gentoo later if you like, even while > using the Linux you already have. If you have some space onthe disk to > add other partitions. Did I mention yet that LVM is nice for this? -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com