Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Is GWN dead?

[Cocoy Dayao <cocoy.dayao@gmail.com>]

On Jan 14, 2008, at 5:17 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:27:30 +0100, b.n. wrote:
>
>> If I can give you an advice: don't create a "new" livecd from  
>> scratch.
>> Take an Ubuntu, Knoppix or similar live cd, just add these three  
>> files
>> in a /gentoo directory, and re-release it xerox, with just the three
>> files added and a Gentoo logo somewhere.
>
> Or simply rebuild the existing CD with a newer kernel. Almost all of  
> the
> complaints about it being out of date can be traced back to the users'
> hardware not being supported in the kernel used a year ago.
>
>

yeah. i agree.
In fact, imho the most perfect gentoo installer is the mini live cd!  
what more can anybody need?
would it take much effort to maintain/refresh a mini live cd installer?
Couldn't that be refreshed every couple of months?
Having an "installer" gets newbies to like gentoo, reduces the barrier  
of entry and gets new blood for the community and introduces users to  
a whole new world and still give newbies the general idea of what  
gentoo is.
not to mention give old hats a quick way to just get gentoo up and  
running as quickly as possible.
if newbies find the mini live cd too difficult, then gentoo is  
probably not for them is it?
Anything greater than a mini install cd i think, the community has the  
right to expect contributors to help develop.

just my two cents worth.
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Cocoy
"People who are really serious about software should make their own  
hardware." --Alan Kay

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