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 1JFPLz-0007nz-EA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:39:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E713E07D2; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:38:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AA46E077F for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:38:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20B4265570 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:38:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.616 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.616 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.876, BAYES_20=-0.74] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id eulJpty0U7Cf for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:38:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D376666127 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JFP2a-0001BK-QU for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:19:57 +0000 Received: from s01060016ec23af88.vc.shawcable.net ([70.79.204.76]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:19:56 +0000 Received: from hawat.thufir by s01060016ec23af88.vc.shawcable.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:19:56 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Thufir Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Is GWN dead? Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:19:48 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20080111082729.GA12107@localhost> <6142e6140801110037p7d5167c5y619b318ba1bf652e@mail.gmail.com> <1200041896.10339.13.camel@localhost> <20080111091237.GB12107@localhost> <1343558.gq7T5pozvP@michael-schmarck.my-fqdn.de> <20080111071549.4677caa8@osage.osagesoftware.com> <47876E63.3010009@bellsouth.net> <20080111143332.4ccf33de@grolsch.ajiaojr.net> 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 X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: s01060016ec23af88.vc.shawcable.net User-Agent: Pan/0.131 (Ghosts: First Variation) Sender: news Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: f05a55e5-2c1e-4250-96eb-0a427ad2895b X-Archives-Hash: 2e38db4003fc78ddd5842adc98bc9c0b On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:33:32 +0000, Qian Qiao wrote: > What extra do you archieve if you install your Gentoo from a Gentoo > LiveCD instead of a Knoppix CD? None! >=20 > Stop binding you mind to the concept that "I have to install a Gentoo > from a Gentoo CD", it's not true, start looking at a broader > perspective. I don't think anyone's making that argument. What I'm asking, at least,=20 is why Gentoo prides itself on having one of the steepest learning curves= . Let's turn this around: if Gentoo were to attract a larger user base I=20 posit that this would attract more developers. -Thufir --=20 gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list