Hello All, I tried out Sabayon Linux version 3.5 recently, and I am satisfied enough with it to keep it on my dedicated linux desktop. Being new to Linux last year, I've been trying out a lot of different versions - it's amazing to me how many there are. Some of my friends and co-workers that are more experienced with Linux than I am have talked about Gentoo, but I never got around to taking the time to install/build it. Sabayon is more like a typical Linux distro when it comes to installation, but it uses the Gentoo portage system for package management, which means it installs various packages from source. It also has a binary package installation system, but so far I don't like it too much - seems to me it still needs some work.
Anyway, I kept track of what I did to build Xastir in Sabayon 3.5, and there is a new HowTo in the installation notes section of the Wiki at http://www.xastir.org/wiki/index.php/Installation_Notes Fyi, I noticed the installation notes for Gentoo in the Xastir Wiki say to use "emerge xastir", but when I tried that in Sabayon, it could not find anything with that name. It appears that Sabayon is using the same repositories, but perhaps not exactly. No worries, though, because I wanted to install from CVS, anyway. Regards, Lee - K5DAT Murphy, TX _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
