Re: [gentoo-user] A few (gentoo-newbie) questions (mainly about binary packages)

2006-01-01 Thread Richard Neill
Dear All, Thanks to everyone for your advice. I really appreciate it. I think you've convinced me that: a)I want to have a go with Gentoo. b)That everything I want/need can be done, and done well. c)That it will take quite a bit of time (but be worth it) Given (c), I shall probably stick

[gentoo-user] A few (gentoo-newbie) questions (mainly about binary packages)

2005-12-29 Thread Richard Neill
Dear All, I am a newbie here, and I wonder if I might ask you a few questions about Gentoo. I've looked on the Gentoo website, but can't see answers to all of these. Basically, I've now used Mandrake/Mandriva for the last 4 years, and become fairly proficient with it, but am considering that it