Franta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've tried it half an hour ago with (a very old) knoppix CD. I have USB > disks, I have sound, I have networking ... > > That said (xcuse me, I <<HAVE TO>> say that) Gentoo is far away from a > distro for usage. > > Do not reply to this post - I'll unsubscribe immediatlely after posting > and I'll go to have a lok for another distro which won't force me to > fdisk for a newly install. Maybe it'll be Slack. > > Have fun customizing and repairing your systems. I prefer to work with > it.
Hey Franta, Whoa wait a minute. You do have to learn a bit about how gentoo approaches things but soon you will be running a working system and many many things are then easy and smooth. There is no need to update frequently unless you need something that has become available. The running of `emerge sync' is up to you. I've gone mnths and mnths without doing that. Admittedly, after that much time when you do update there is bound to be some hitches. But a sysadmin of 20 yrs will not have too much trouble getting lined out again. Once you learn how the portage/emerge system works. At least the basics, it is usually fairly easy to straighten stuff out and get back to work. There are several very knowledgable regular posters here who post daily about how to do such things. If you watch the list a while you will so learn many of the more complex ways to use portage/emerge. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
