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 1LV60Q-00011e-Cn for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:19:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 44518E05BF; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:19:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F793E05BF for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:19:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A93D06470A for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:19:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.692 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.692 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.160, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=2.067] 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 kTpBabR9PYjU for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:18:57 +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 B7161646F6 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:18:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LV60B-0000NF-Sk for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:18:51 +0000 Received: from 65.111.170.175 ([65.111.170.175]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:18:51 +0000 Received: from grante by 65.111.170.175 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:18:51 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh? Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:18:43 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200902050937.25810.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20090205085639.681731ed@krikkit> 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=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.111.170.175 User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 0453078e-1132-40f4-af52-fae02d0e1cc8 X-Archives-Hash: 448dcf9d8058890e562b02fbe7af3965 On 2009-02-05, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:13:54 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> > I can't think of a single reason why the installer should operate in >> > a different manner to the way the thing will be used. >> >> Because installation is boring. The easier it is, the better. > > There is an automated installer in development. It is script based, so > you avoid the boredom factor without shielding people from the fact that > they will need to use the terminal and text files once it is installed. > > http://agaffney.org/quickstart.php That sounds like something I wished I had several times in the past few weeks. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Do you guys know we at just passed thru a BLACK visi.com HOLE in space?