On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 21:53 -0400, CJoeB wrote: > Hi everyone, > > First, thanks for all the input regarding CFLAGS. > > Can I be honest here? My technical skills don't seem to be anywhere > near on a par with most of the people on this list. I've been using > Gentoo since 2004 and the reason I do, is for the control that I have > over my system. > > Because this will be a new computer and I may essentially void the > warranty if I alter the pre-configuration, I seriously thought about > leaving the status quo and putting up with Windows 7. However, I would > lose practically as much as losing my first born! I would have to put > up with all the things that bug me about Windows and I wouldn't have all > the programs that I love in Linux. > > If I am a "chicken shit" and still want Linux, I could install another > distro, like Kubuntu, where you can be almost brain dead and still get a > running Linux system, but then I would sacrifice the control that I know > and love about Gentoo. I'm not willing to do that either .... at least > not without a fight. > > I've always managed to get my Gentoo system running and maintained, but > I've always used an x86 iso and stage 3. I've googled and didn't really > find a definitive answer to my question so, I am bowing to the experts > on this list and asking you guys to bear with me and help me out. > > What would you recommend that I used for the iso an stage 3? As a > reminder my computer is a Dell XPS 8300 with an Intel Core -i7-2600 > processor. I'm a little confused between the choices x86 (which seems > to only apply to Pentium 4 systems and only utilizes 32-bit processing), > amd64 and ia64. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Regards, > > Colleen >
An option that might sidestep any warranty issues could be to install linux into virtualbox/vmware etc and run it on a barebones win7 - with the power of an i7 and it running full screen, you would not even notice its not on the bare metal! BillK
