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 1LVAEO-0002kZ-90 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:49:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 87AD8E03B7; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:49:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.171]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4854FE03B7 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:49:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 29so424513wff.10 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:49:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=p/vxmygBtRuVpkH6MFb8V051tGTf9snwz/SEgXuJEXM=; b=XDLUNAKFAEaFv5v2LOUGy3PeyAXKDffbj7zixD4HY5KAnM4QmqRoBEh/yZhuhj2ig0 ZJCmg8VrBe/cxUYiam7vFttqGFEvIm85Z3hL5v8uHdpUKpS7jiStQ6Gph9AE13UGrmVX /fso3hM6Uz+c/Lyx8uBO+fiaUgDEJqc0rlbvg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hvHkN15NzrmU+6vdxCNfwOowr/usSLES7bhi+a8IDaZnypTBllpR0Ty/tzEECT2Wf1 6jEXBR0joS3DsFbaUCeTd+XsY7R1s/ghNKP1f6RT6TIJyyeadcKf7CexjodaDHaDmdIC HNxxwjYbSwSXM6QOUP73GW17DIPPRq0ti2QzE= Received: by 10.142.186.15 with SMTP id j15mr456271wff.271.1233863384647; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:49:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.2? (dsl-216-66-226-80.static.linkline.com [216.66.226.80]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 30sm2086096wfa.58.2009.02.05.11.49.42 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:49:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <498B42D4.3060005@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:49:40 -0800 From: Joshua D Doll User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090102) 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: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh? References: <200902052010.25653.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <200902052036.05303.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 49d42036-4a10-4d2a-a6db-76f142f034e3 X-Archives-Hash: ec05270dbe82c96d16a103e4abbb5a6b Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> On Donnerstag 05 Februar 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >>>> gentoo's installer is EASY if you just read the docs. >>> I'd rather be installing and waiting for the installer to tell me what >>> to do rather than go read docs somewhere else :P >> >> and when the nice installer fucks up, you are screwed. > > You're screwed anyway if you can't use the CLI installer correctly. > Reading the docs is fine, but they're written for geeks, not normal > people. Normal people don't have a clue what the docs are talking > about :) > > > I think the Handbook and other Official gentoo docs are well and written. I feel they are so well written and informative that a new user could read and follow what the doc is trying to convey. --Joshua Doll