Re: [gentoo-user] Fairwell for now
--- Michael Crute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/10/06, A.R.S. KA9QLQ Alvin Koffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: flame In all seriousness, if your too lazy to sit down with the minimal CD and a pile of docs for your first install then Gentoo is probably NOT for you. Also, there is no reason to go about insulting the developers by making blind statements about the stability of their software. Sheesh. /flame -Mike Wow! Thank You, and here all this time I though the reason I have 20% use of one hand and can only handle a mouse was because of muscular dystrophy. Of corse I'm sure you can install Gentoo without the need of your hands I'm just to lasy to figure out how. As for insulting the developers I said I looked forward to when they had something I [a normal person] could use and would check back in a year to see what happens, but you were to busy playing with your chip on your shoulder to notice that. Sense we're on it though, why would they put out a broken product? If you have to install gentoo from a stage tarball why devlope a live cd that can't even boot right? Maybe because the devlopers understand that if gentoo is to become populare beyond the geek squad they'll have to have something non-programmers can use. That meens taking risks and working out bugs instead of going whaa he said my product din't work mommy. Bill Gates can sleep good...they even have voice software [8=) Alvin For the best jerky you've ever had go to http://alk.jerkydirect.com/ My home page http://ka9qlq.tripod.com This PC is windows free with Mepis Linux 3.4-3 http://www.mepis.org/ 1(747)632-4973 SIP Get Gizmo 1 cent per minuet calling http://www.gizmoproject.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Fairwell for now
-- Timothy A. Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the risk of piling on opinions, I agree as well, after doing 15 or so compiled installs, I have moved to the installer for the simple fact of needing to speed up my deployment. My only complaint with the compiled installation is that it takes a lot of time, I cannot just sit down get it going and move on to other tasks. It is faster for me to do the graphical install (all the effort is at the front end) and then just turn it loose, if I need to later, I can rework the kernel and install that. It may not be the ideal deployment strategy, but it appears to be working reasonably well. TIM Thank you Tim, I like to tinker and learn too, but sometime it's nice to just start the car with out having to rebuild it. Alvin For the best jerky you've ever had go to http://alk.jerkydirect.com/ My home page http://ka9qlq.tripod.com This PC is windows free with Mepis Linux 3.4-3 http://www.mepis.org/ 1(747)632-4973 SIP Get Gizmo 1 cent per minuet calling http://www.gizmoproject.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Fairwell for now
Well I can't get the live cd to boot so I'll check back in a year to see if Gentoo has it's act togather yet. I do look forward to running Gentoo, someday. Alvin For the best jerky you've ever had go to http://alk.jerkydirect.com/ My home page http://ka9qlq.tripod.com This PC is windows free with Mepis Linux 3.4-3 http://www.mepis.org/ 1(747)632-4973 SIP Get Gizmo 1 cent per minuet calling http://www.gizmoproject.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hello
Thanks for the replies guys. I like porthole. I redownloaded the iso [the size was just was just wrong] butnd the cd, rebooted. Everything seemed good as the systom loaded and the icons ticked off then just as Gnome should have appered the monitor said no video signal and went into powersaver mode. I guess Gentoo isn't quite upto the hardware detection yet. BTW it's an Emachines flat pannel w/ a diamond stealth P90 nvida fx 5200 chip. Alvin For the best jerky you've ever had go to http://alk.jerkydirect.com/ My home page http://ka9qlq.tripod.com This PC is windows free with Mepis Linux 3.4-3 http://www.mepis.org/ 1(747)632-4973 SIP Get Gizmo 1 cent per minuet calling http://www.gizmoproject.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Monitor goes off on boot
Well I'm stumped. Every time I boot the live cd it gets to where Gnome should start then the monitor goes off. Does any one know what video drivers the live cd uses? Alvin For the best jerky you've ever had go to http://alk.jerkydirect.com/ My home page http://ka9qlq.tripod.com This PC is windows free with Mepis Linux 3.4-3 http://www.mepis.org/ 1(747)632-4973 SIP Get Gizmo 1 cent per minuet calling http://www.gizmoproject.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Hello
I looked at gentoo about 2 years back when I wanted to switch from Mandrake, I went with Mepis and realy liked 3.3 but 3.4-3 doesn't seem as good. Don't like how they changed the reopositories. So I thought I'd look to gentoo again, and am please to see they're really making progress. Looks like there's a live cd with a graphical install from what I've read. I remember asking about a graphical frountend [like synaptit in Mepis] and was told we're working on it. How's it coming? I see it still leans heavly on Gnome but a KDE version is on it's way, that will help with popularity. I have a Celleron 2.9 gig 80 gig hd X 2 and 160 gig sata Diamond Stealth P90 nvidia fx 5200 video, and winsurf tv card that likes to lock my systom up g and dsl. Will the dvd have a ton of stuff? I see the live cd is only 200 meg, that seems kinda small. Be nice to see xvkbd in it for people who can't use their hands well. Just wondering. Alvin For the best jerky you've ever had go to http://alk.jerkydirect.com/ My home page http://ka9qlq.tripod.com This PC is windows free with Mepis Linux 3.4-3 http://www.mepis.org/ 1(747)632-4973 SIP Get Gizmo 1 cent per minuet calling http://www.gizmoproject.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
