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 4.54) id 1Es8Lq-00038h-Ns for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:42:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBU0dBvX005772; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:39:11 GMT Received: from fep2.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jBU0Zqui024092 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:35:53 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.100] (d36-7-237.home1.cgocable.net [24.36.7.237]) by fep2.cogeco.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B4E56376 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:35:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <43B43B0D.6090403@interlynx.net> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:37:49 +0000 From: "C. Beamer" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051203) 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] A few (gentoo-newbie) questions (mainly about binary packages) References: <1135815639.43b32bd72d574@webmail.ntplx.net> <1135816209.43b32e119b8f7@webmail.ntplx.net> <43B3FFCA.2020105@hermes.cam.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <43B3FFCA.2020105@hermes.cam.ac.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6b1e618e-bc15-4cf7-a3b9-0ed52df989fe X-Archives-Hash: c9c72d44bb61c8730123b91227c5d08b Hi, Most of your questions have been answered by more knowledgeable people on the list than I. However, I do I one comment: Richard Neill wrote: >4)Does anyone know of a good resource for ex-mandriva users? > > > I can't say enough good things about Gentoo documentation: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml It has helped me out a number of times. I'm a relatively new Gentoo user as well (Sept. 2005) and I'm not a techy. I used Redhat and then, Fedora for about 4 years. People on this list have been great and initially pointed me toward various Gentoo documentation. I've finally clued in and realized what an invaluable resource this is. Case in point: I recently installed Gentoo on my laptop. It's a 2.4 gHz with a 40 gig hard drive, so perhaps it's a little more powerful than yours. I followed the steps in the Gentoo handbook and built ACPI into the kernel. Once I got to the boot stage, I had problems because I didn't follow the ACPI guide and I should have. Once I followed the steps in that, I was able to compile xwindows and kde-meta without a hitch. And for what it's worth, I had never compiled a kernel before using Gentoo and now, I can do it without being scared out of my mind - I may not be an expert, but I'm getting better and I am learning. And as I said, I'm not a techy - I could be someones grandmother! :-) I have to say that I am totally biased - Gentoo is the best! Anyway, that's my 2 cents! :-) Regards, Colleen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list