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From: Jorge Almeida <jalmeida@math.ist.utl.pt>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:07:03 +0100 (WEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0610011955510.17590@jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45200419.7030801@comcast.net>

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Terry Eck wrote:

> I've been a SuSE user for several years now currently running 10.0.
> I'm interested in giving gentoo a try with the object of converting
> from SuSE to gentoo. I've been looking at this list for a couple of
> weeks and have determined that there may be a steep learning curve
> on my part converting. Any words of advice on getting up to speed
> using gentoo before I install it.
One suggestion: get a KNOPPIX CD and install from that
(http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml)
This way you will have a GUI (KDE) right from the start.

While you have several years of experience with linux, I had a few
months with RH7.3, and only  Apple  (MacOS 8.6) before that. So, if I
could do it...
There was no genkernel then and no graphical installer. Didn't miss any.
The major problem was to configure the kernel from scratch, but I
managed it somehow. 
Good luck.

-- 
Jorge Almeida
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list



  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-10-01 19:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-01 18:08 [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user Terry Eck
2006-10-01 18:30 ` Mark Knecht
2006-10-01 18:31 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2006-10-01 18:50   ` David Grant
2006-10-01 18:42 ` Daniel Iliev
2006-10-01 18:51 ` Lord Sauron
2006-10-01 23:00   ` Ryan Tandy
2006-10-01 19:07 ` Jorge Almeida [this message]
2006-10-01 19:18 ` Chris Walters
2006-10-01 19:46   ` benedikt
2006-10-01 20:24     ` [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user (the way I learnt it) HXC
2006-10-01 20:11 ` [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user Neil Bothwick
2006-10-01 20:55 ` Colleen Beamer
2006-10-02  1:19 ` Terry Eck
2006-10-02  9:20   ` Philip Webb

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