On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 16:07, brian connolly wrote: > I've tried seven or more distros in the last week. The conclusion: I am > really looking for the gentoo philosophy and sophistication. I want a > platform that is optimized for best practices and best tools. > > However, I am a newbie. As hard as I try, I am not going to be able to > install for the documentation provided. > > As such, is there a gentoo version for dummies? Are there any plans for a > more automated install script?
I don't know if it's meant to be this way, but part of this "gentoo philosophy" and all is to FORCE you to understand what you're doing. A "more automated install script" will only help you do one thing: Get Gentoo installed quickly. You won't know how to add users, set the clock, use "pipe" commands, and so on. With that, there are "in progress" install instructions that might be better than the ones currently published on Gentoo's website. I myself have minor complaints with them, mainly the way the different stageX installs and GRP installs are mixed together. I've been lucky over the years, I think. Red Hat 5 took me (2) tries. An upgrade to 5.1 as well as a few installs of Mandrake and finally Debian all succeeded on their 1st tries. With Gentoo, it took (3) tries. :-) Do you have a Linux User's group around you ?? Or a friend who's competent in Linux ?? If so, ask for help from them. Even if it's just someone to watch over your shoulder while YOU do the actual work. If someone else does it while you watch, you may as well have bought the PC with Gentoo pre-installed. IMO, you'll learn NOTHING that way. Good luck Hall -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
