From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ROtR5-00076Q-SI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:54:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C87AA21C06F; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:54:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com (mail-ey0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D5D3E0477 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:53:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyx24 with SMTP id 24so3808722eyx.40 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:53:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Z42XaVNhv+GDGipqa50dxxr5nGtGl+YqUS9at/BLYpQ=; b=Ow4e2HV/L6d75iO07fV/dIOQUPoEujJJxmpkEPsrYoe+gE+aZ0zirUGlnUkOLq1641 Vr85x4qOkQ0boAWfJK2kX7N64tde50oGxH/qUaKAd+ENZ8R2vagQUUqB8OPZ8ziqN83q CqZ1fh6O9twOmZyAUYgmqpUGZk4iPne9ZSF6s= 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 Received: by 10.182.217.73 with SMTP id ow9mr2722223obc.11.1321026805462; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:53:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.149.33 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:53:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EBD4224.7070307@gmail.com> References: <4EBC1707.5030103@gmail.com> <4EBD3738.9090203@gmail.com> <4EBD4224.7070307@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:53:25 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: b7b5e688-fc22-4eaa-a1d2-e2e06078e1ed X-Archives-Hash: 36f3636441e7f7f98b7c226969866eb4 On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Dale wrote: > I have noticed the same points you found. =C2=A0I set up the user "cutie"= during > the install. =C2=A0I logged in as cutie then did sudo su -. =C2=A0That go= t me to root > user. =C2=A0Yeppie ! Then I did passwd and typed in a root password. =C2= =A0After that, > I could login as root. =C2=A0I don't like not having the root password se= t. > > I don't use sudo on my rig so it sort of annoys me. =C2=A0;-) =C2=A0 I gu= ess we have > that in common. =C2=A0lol > > The update tool is GUI. =C2=A0That's why I think he can do that himself. = =C2=A0A lot > like winders in a way. =C2=A0Heck, if this works well and that intfs thin= gy gets > on my nerves, may use it myself. =C2=A0:-( =C2=A0 I may have found my nex= t distro. > =C2=A0I'm not leaving yet. =C2=A0I'm going to give the inity thingy a sho= t, maybe two. > =C2=A0After that, kill shot. > > Dale Yeah, I was pretty sure it must work normally if you either know what to do or take the time to go learn. In my case I was essentially deciding whether to bother with this really slow Mac Mini that I had almost never used since I bought it (my worst PC purchase in 30 years) or to essentially throw the thing away. In the end I opted for the virtual trash can. - Mark