> I'll tell you why I like the GRP. I like gentoo a lot as a distribution. There > is one disadvantage in gentoo. It takes a lot of time until the system has > compiled all packages that make it usable for work. Some time ago I got a > computer to work from at a company that participates in my research project. > Of course I installed gentoo there. But I do have something better to do with > my time then waiting for all compilation to be finished. That's why I got a > cd with the GRP. I started with installing kde and mozilla (+deps) from the > CD. From that moment on I could work. Of course As soon as I ran my desktop I > started to emerge the packages according to my preferences, and get recent > versions. But I didn't need to wait looking at the compile progress while it > was busy. This was a pentium two, so getting to a useable state without the > GRP would have taken me a lot of time (at least 24 hours).
This is why it would be a superb idea for Gentoo to adopt something like Knoppix. What I would really love to see is a "Knoppix Gentoo" where the whole base is a Gentoo system with portage and all (probably not with the portage tree as this can be huge, but then again the CD is compressed so maybe it is not too much space). With a Knoppix Gentoo you can pop in the CD and have a complete working system at your disposal in 30 seconds with the ability to install Gentoo on the background or even copy the whole system (or sets of it with some portage magic) to the HD. There can also be the possibility to have different Knoppix Gentoo CDs for different architectures (CFLAGS) and even the possibility to have different tastes with different sets of apps. Even better, a program or sctipt which would let someone easily create Knoppix Gentoo CDs. The Gentoo LiveCD is a nice attempt, but, really, Knoppix is something else :-) It might be a nice idea to gear GRP towards a live system. After all, GRP and Koppix are both compressed, so what is the difference between packages on a CD and a compressed live CD other than the "live" factor? Ok. Enough of asking and dreaming for now. -- Vano D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
