Re: [gentoo-user] Re: installation problems

[Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:23 AM Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I always use SystemRescueCD to install a new Gentoo system. Never a single
> problem with it, other than having to set up my own working conditions every
> time.
>

Personally I tend to use Ubuntu - mainly because it just gives you a
nice desktop experience and just works.  I can easily fire up a full
browser, open all the xterms I want, and so on.  I really don't care
about its pros/cons long-term because it is just a livecd - the
installed OS ends up the same no matter what distro you use to boot
off of.  It all runs in a chroot so the only OS component that really
impacts the install is the kernel.

But there are lots of choices.  I don't really have a problem with
Gentoo having its own minimal iso, but I do encourage people to use
something more functional, simply because there are already a ton of
good livecds out there, and Gentoo doesn't really need to invent its
own.  Since you only use the livecd image for an hour in the lifetime
of the entire system, it has pretty minimal impact on the overall
experience, even if it is the first thing you see.  So, why not take
advantage of the polish other distros have put into theirs?

-- 
Rich