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 1E0o24-0008H1-Ng for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 22:17:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j74MG8D8005154; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:16:08 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.192]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j74MCSRN024619 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:12:29 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i3so504244wra for ; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:13:13 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=WLjClHom9VwlQdjElg4eckhRm/L40X1vOi1cuRl+FucagBUnSf/F1HlH4KOsULqw6GVrqB/s/vXhQGALxNTK+UWu4FcYuthMrZkjRt792xsxRK5D7foyY0aYHoTb5QJpwTi68C21M8GBdqvQcQr15ONbDdQvx6lkXFjAp9wdoAw= Received: by 10.54.147.3 with SMTP id u3mr1983089wrd; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:13:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.40? ([69.146.56.6]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id g2sm1222181wra.2005.08.04.15.13.12; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:13:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <42F292FB.4010000@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:13:15 -0600 From: George Roberts User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050724) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Badges References: <200508040843.16581.yeahsowhat@gmail.com> <200508040903.25072.yeahsowhat@gmail.com> <42F25622.5070108@cfrscca.net> In-Reply-To: <42F25622.5070108@cfrscca.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 1e03f549-a7a0-417e-b2f5-1ccc0d1194da X-Archives-Hash: 57ba82550bb6671bdd024fd89a74599f Craig Zeigler wrote: > Chris Cox wrote: > >> On Thursday 04 August 2005 08:50 am, Ryan Viljoen wrote: >> >> >>> Yeah so you just skipped n00b status? >>> You never asked a stupid question? >>> No I thought not. >>> Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow... >>> >>> *sigh* >>> >> >> >> I was of course just kidding. I do like Gentoo but hey, it isn't the >> right choice for everyone. Some people I'm sure would prefer hand >> holding and fancy GUI installers that other Distros have a seem to >> cator to the masses. >> >> DO you really think Gentoo should be the first Distro people new to >> Linux should turn to? >> >> > In one word... YES!. If you're going to learn your way around Linux > well, why not start with something that doesn't teach you rely on GUIs > and crap like that. When it all goes south, you're left iwth a command > line. I guess I'm from the school that started wtih computer back > where there was no GUI. The closest thing I had to a GUI was an > ncurses like system, that really didn't work all that well. I agree with Craig. But in a broader sense, if anybody is to learn their way around a computer, start them out by building "their own computer". Start them out with a box of parts and an install cd. Give them diagram how the parts go and a Phillips head screwdriver (less tools required than assembling a swing set). Teach them "fear not the black screen with the white letters". Watch their joy as the learn that their new born computer can now stand on it's own by installing the base layout. Hear them brag that their child can walk because it has learned X windows server. Suffer through the screen shots once it has grown to a full desktop. Never more will these persons quiver at the very thought of tearing the sacred plastic that contains the mystical restore cd. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list