[gentoo-user] Pentoo overlay

[gentoo-user] Pentoo overlay

[James]

Hello,

Has anyone installed Pentoo, for penetration testing,
as an overlay [1] on an existing Gentoo system?
Or directly installed?

I'm also interested in experiences and how folks rate
Pentoo, compared to other distros targeted at Pentetration
Potpouri.....

Supposedly, everything with Pentoo is hardened, streamlined
and the installation CD puts ZFS on your system, for a very
fast, cool and responsive time, either as an overlay or
directly.....

Comments or background on those devs at Pentoo, I'd be most curious
to read/hear about, as they say some pretty good things about 
the geentwo devs....


curiously,
James


[1] http://code.google.com/p/pentoo/wiki/PentooUpdater

[gentoo-user] Re: Pentoo overlay

[James]

James <wireless <at> tampabay.rr.com> writes:


> Has anyone installed Pentoo?

WOW !  You've got to check out pentoo-installer.
It puts a hardened kernel and toolchain and XFCE
onto a system, very clean and easy......


The only difference I've see so far is make.conf
is in /etc/portage/.

When I perform a routine update (emerge --sync) it'll
be an updated gentoo system, based on Hardened....

Just too F*__ing cool.....

Caveats?  Common Anyone got a better/cooler rapid install?

This is stupid easy.   (ME_likes_it).

Who says there is no Gentoo installer out there.
Only thing I missed is the ZFS option so it's on
ext4 until I find out what to do during the install
to get ZFS set up correctly.   Who says a bunch
of hacks, aren't the coolest kids on the block?


-- one happy old fart,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Pentoo overlay

[Bruce Hill]

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 05:24:55PM +0000, James wrote:
> 
> The only difference I've see so far is make.conf
> is in /etc/portage/.

mingdao@server ~ $ eselect news read 5
2012-09-09-make.conf-and-make.profile-move
  Title                     make.conf and make.profile move
  Author                    Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto <jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org>
  Posted                    2012-09-09
  Revision                  1

Starting next week, new stages will have make.conf and make.profile
moved from /etc to /etc/portage. This is a change in the installation
defaults, that will only affect new installs so it doesn't affect
current systems.

Current users don't need to do anything. But if you want to follow the
preferred location, you may want to take the chance to move the files
in your system(s) to the new location.
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[gentoo-user] Re: Pentoo overlay

[James]

Bruce Hill <daddy <at> happypenguincomputers.com> writes:


> Starting next week, new stages will have make.conf and make.profile
> moved from /etc to /etc/portage. This is a change in the installation
> defaults, that will only affect new installs so it doesn't affect
> current systems.

Yep, forgot bout that.....
I also remembered (after I posted) that some folks have always
used the portage/ for make.conf.

This is good news, as so far, Pentoo, looks like a gentoo install,
focued on Security. Anyone got any other feedback where Pentoo
has deviated from Gentoo?

Deviated in a significant way?


-- still researching this new puppy!
thx,
James