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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro
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On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info> wrote:
>
> On Nov 11, 2011 5:17 AM, "Paul Hartman" <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. =A0I want to install Linu=
x on
>> > my
>> > brothers rig. =A0The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. =A0I =
don't
>> > want
>> > to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with a slow CP=
U
>> > and
>> > not a lot of ram either. =A0So, what is a easy to install distro that =
has
>> > KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? =A0I want something easy becaus=
e I
>> > want
>> > to install and leave it be until he can get a new rig built. =A0Then I=
'll
>> > be
>> > installing Gentoo for a more permanent install.
>>
>> Since you're already familiar with Gentoo, I would take a look at
>> Sabayon. It's basically a binary Gentoo distro (and a gentoo overlay).
>
> +1 on familiarity.
When you are ready to go to gentoo just update make.conf with your
tweaks for the system (CFLAGS, USE, etc.) and run "emerge --sync;
emerge -ae world" and you will have gentoo installed and configured.
> We all know about your (Dale's) daily, um, 'adventures' with Gentoo.
>
> So, going Sabayon should be a relative walk in the park for you. We don't
> really want to tax other Linux distro's mailing list, do we? ;-)
>
>> It comes preconfigured just like ubuntu or others so you don't need to
>> do anything, just install it and you'll have a working graphical
>> desktop and lots of software. Super easy and all of the configuration
>> is done Gentoo-style. They have GTK, KDE and XFCE versions to choose
>> from. I've only played with it briefly in a VM and tried the LiveDVD
>> on my laptop, but I believe you can even still use emerge and use
>> portage like you would in Gentoo.
>>
>
> Indeed:
>
> http://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=3DFAQ#Should_I_use_Sabayon_as_a_s=
ource-based_or_binary_based_distribution.3F
>
> Rgds,
>
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