On Tuesday 06 April 2004 13:11, Don Gould wrote: > I thought I'd have a read of the web site and sort things out for my > self... > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1 > > The link above only lead me to a list of topic headings. Symptom of the growing pains I mentioned earlier. I'm sure they will correct it soon. In the meantime I have made a 2 day old edition avalable at:- http://berty.dyndns.org:8080/~chris/gentoo-x86-install.html Warning folks: It will disappear when the original re-appears.
> Maybe I should be looking at Mandrake? Possibly, It's the other end of the spectrum from Gentoo. Very easy install, not over good QA, Get stuck in RPM hell as easily as falling off a log. I used for quite a while until I found Gentoo. > Would that be a better choice? If you want a mindless 20 minute install, only to become totally frustrated after about 6 months to a year of use, yes. > Guys all I'm really looking for is a good GPL linux distro that a bunch of > locals are using so I can give and get good assistance. To be able to use Gentoo effectively you have to have the time to read and fully understand quite large slugs of complex documentation written in American English. By and large it's pretty well done, but light bed-time reading it is not! > I'd use RH but it seems to be heading down the commerical lines... True. > Debian support on the local mirrors doesn't seem that good and frankly it > doesn't seem to be upto the level of some of the others for the desktop > enviornment. Similarly true. > Excuse me if I'm starting to become frustrated here :) Just this once mind. :-) -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
