From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JEMNi-0006zA-SI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:17:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 413C0E0D74; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:17:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9233CE0D69 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:17:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so3624502wah.10 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:17:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=R+ayqQdZ98Vwx3cvsk1H/h/GX92hGmgnBmtUP1v1SLQ=; b=McQBXTwH09T0zY+wsSgzzlYPelcKPOackuIaPX/1W8bPXE1fLRyQoA6i9K1XyEUc6AMNANrFnSGzEwlFl3tGzWgsYDET+WoqLaCw+nYJkZcfC5MfuA8gP/IYK2iqde/kA4lR+QUj3VwHmfgR1Nau1zSU5MGXr8yorH/8oY43mLU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=IAE1gFGcI1E+ka7EAa1YCEdQkfp9vANmmpWkVg/NtAOD2Z4ogPH2xsfOVR4cBrrtyLiZ5ADTWBBzlFQfNJN1jf8JCAMKZXmzDDmBaCI8Dd/mWHoUp5bkU94ac4t0w0oVFy2V3KpnQKkhPGJyIwh5S57BRfAAfmBVfdugThTmV1k= Received: by 10.115.54.1 with SMTP id g1mr980079wak.133.1200305820115; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:17:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.46.9 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:17:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:17:00 +0100 From: Galevsky To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Is GWN dead? In-Reply-To: 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080111082729.GA12107@localhost> <4789FECF.3020503@gmail.com> <20080113141730.039de79f@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk> <1338052.pDIsalx77d@michael-schmarck.my-fqdn.de> <20080113162915.1365cb20@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk> <20080113164650.GA8747@sin.khk.be> <1200247390.10387.12.camel@localhost> <478AAC72.1020705@gmail.com> <20080114091719.647475c5@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk> X-Archives-Salt: 93b3b85e-80a7-4bf8-923b-fe6aba51e35c X-Archives-Hash: aa33f4a491f480cc6ab8454c7ed40aff On Jan 14, 2008 10:39 AM, Cocoy Dayao wrote: > 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. Agreed. IMHO, the noob should start with the handbook on his legs and the minimal CD.... this is the best way to start for a beginner. But liveCD are also interesting for networkless people... gimme one reason not to provide good liveCD to these people that will re-build -with custom USE flags- the embedded packages ? I can't find.... Gal' -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list