I do not really know where to write this. I have read this web page: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/userrel/userrep.xml
It states: What does a User Representative do? * Present the views, and represent the interests, of all elements of our diverse user base. * Channel information back to the users regarding proceedings of and decisions made in meetings. So I feel this might be the right place to say this. Please, forgive me if i am wrong, and let me know to whom should I write this to. I am a very happy user of gentoo, and I have been using it for about a year and a half. I reacently have had many problems installing gentoo into a new laptop, mainly because the gentoo live CD has a very old kernel. I have finally used Sabayon live CD as to be able to follow the gentoo handbook. I believe this is a big problem (as it makes it difficult for new users to get into gentoo) with a very easy solution: to update the kernel or to suggest in the handbook to use other live CDs. I have read different threads in the gentoo forums about the openess of gentoo for newcomers, and I do agree that gentoo is a distribution you have to work on it. Nevertheless, I believe that having a live CD with a kernel that does not support new SATA/PATA devices makes it almost impossible to follow the Gentoo Handbook. In summary, to take into consideration newcomers in the sense that they can install gentoo following the handbook. Thanks! -- Joanet -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
