On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:38:23 -0700, Kevin Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 18 November 2004 10:55, Niels Voll wrote: > > wow - you Gentoo guys have patience fit for a saint ! > > Really? I've moved from Gentoo's distro circa 2001 to their current 2004.3 on > half a dozen boxes without even being present. There'an emerge -U world > command in Cron that keeps them current all the time. > > Gentoo is an ugly, long install. I'd be the last to argue it. And most > gentoo people agree with that. I know that there is some automated tool to > simplify it, but I've never tried it. It can be made FAR faster by using a > stage 3 install, and faster still by copying the kernel from the bootable CD > (along with modules) over. Then you can install X, KDE, etc from binary > packages. But I just don't. It's easy enough to do overnight. > > Once Gentoo is in though, the upgrades are easy. I only do the install once. > > To pick on RH though, here's a comparison. If you install RH 8 or 9, how much > time commitment is there to move to FC3? With gentoo I remotely type in > emerge -up world, and it's done for me when I get back. Keep in mind, you > need to either go and purchase the CDs, or download them. And that's time > too. Suse is better in that regard, because it's just a 25 meg download. > It's all in how you look at it. > > Kev. > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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