From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GU6pA-0000pm-Cn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:18:04 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k91JFNoE018986; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 19:15:23 GMT Received: from cubo.math.ist.utl.pt (cubo.math.ist.utl.pt [193.136.196.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k91J74CJ009231 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 19:07:04 GMT Received: from jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt (jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt [193.136.196.112]) by cubo.math.ist.utl.pt (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k91J74Si014540 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:07:04 +0100 Received: (qmail 7123 invoked from network); 1 Oct 2006 20:07:03 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 1 Oct 2006 20:07:03 +0100 Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:07:03 +0100 (WEST) From: Jorge Almeida To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Possible new gentoo user In-Reply-To: <45200419.7030801@comcast.net> Message-ID: References: <45200419.7030801@comcast.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: 8b183bb1-26aa-41b0-8489-127fdd31e2ad X-Archives-Hash: 8d5bbd6fd8d1b67a2b0be1c328f1488c 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