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 1GUAO2-0001Ri-4s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:06:18 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k91N52nA019168; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 23:05:02 GMT Received: from mx7.uniserve.ca (mx7.uniserve.ca [216.113.192.91]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k91N0GeF022288 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 23:00:17 GMT Received: from 216-86-98-175.dhcp555.dsl.ucc-net.ca ([216.86.98.175] helo=delta.tarpman.homelinux.com) by mx7.uniserve.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GUAIB-000Hr8-Fp for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:00:15 -0700 Received: from [192.168.0.2] (epsilon.tarpman.homelinux.com [192.168.0.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by delta.tarpman.homelinux.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DB792AC0FF for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 16:00:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <45204886.3030101@tarpman.homelinux.com> Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:00:22 -0700 From: Ryan Tandy User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) 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] Possible new gentoo user References: <45200419.7030801@comcast.net> <200610011152.01100.lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200610011152.01100.lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanner: OK. Scanned. X-Uniserve-Spam-Score: 0.0 0 (/) X-Uniserve-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on this mail system has identified this incoming email as possible spam. An analysis of the message is below. Content analysis details: (0.0 points) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Archives-Salt: e1fac925-7fc1-4365-aaaf-b8101b8e215f X-Archives-Hash: d2ba366c5fb3af9baf3b87bf4a862c96 Lord Sauron wrote: > For your first time I'd highly suggest the graphical installer. It'll > save you some time, and while a lot of people correctly point out that > it robs you of a great learning experience, it was the only thing that > enabled a complete newbie (me) to successfully install gentoo. I have to go the complete opposite direction from this. I'd stay away from the graphical installer at least for a releases yet - IMO it isn't a very stable product yet (no offense installer team, just needs more time) and is known to break things on a regular basis. Put in the time, do it by hand, and do it properly, configuring your own kernel and such. It'll be worth it, because by the time you first boot your Gentoo, you'll already know exactly what's in it. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list