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 1JDVo2-0004rz-Ee for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:09:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D35A0E051F; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:07:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from aa013msr.fastwebnet.it (aa013msr.fastwebnet.it [85.18.95.73]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0D22E02E8 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:07:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [37.1.3.91] (37.1.3.91) by aa013msr.fastwebnet.it (7.3.118.6) (authenticated as cyclopia) id 46B1A27C0ACBFC44 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:07:58 +0100 Message-ID: <4788260E.4040306@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:29:34 +0100 From: "b.n." User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071119) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Is GWN dead? References: <20080111082729.GA12107@localhost> <4787F31B.3050209@gmail.com> <200801120113.30788.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200801120113.30788.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 325339c5-3c3b-409a-bdb9-35c6c5f9ed6b X-Archives-Hash: 761e29a55ce8c11ba787f5ee3115ec69 Alan McKinnon ha scritto: > Gentoo is NOT "plug in and go", it is a complex scheme that allows you > to build other distros. Exactly. Moreover, I'd go on to say that the fact Gentoo is installable from almost every reasonable Linux-based live cd is a defining Gentoo feature. The real Gentoo installer is the combination of the tarball (the data) and the manual (the algorithms). The fact that an "official" Gentoo live cd exists is just a happy gift from developers, and a way to guarantee that there is a reference environment from which Gentoo can be installed. While nearly every other distro requires its own live cd installer, Gentoo (or any Gentoo-like system) requires just a working live cd and a stage tarball. From there, you go. It's *you* that decide *your* installation environment, depending on *your* needs. I used Knoppix once, and Kubuntu another; I think I've never used the "official" Gentoo CD. m. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list