Yeah, I guess, if you like irony. Here's a rewrite to the Sven's philospohy: "To summarize the heart of Gentoo, imagine a user sitting in front of a Linux system. He or she would love to try Gentoo. But the Gentoo philosophy is to frustrate this user with a lot of cryptic technical machinations. Then, as they go away, we will be able to think of ourselves as exclusive and pretty smart."
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Gaffney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 7:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] GLIS for dummies Sounds about right to me. brian connolly wrote: > In other words "To summarize the heart of Gentoo, imagine a user sitting in > front of a Linux system. What does he or she want do to? The Gentoo > philosophy is to allow this user to do what he or she wants to do, without > getting in the way." > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Gaffney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 7:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] GLIS for dummies > > GLIS was recently re-written to clean up the code and include a lot of bug > fixes. Right > now, I'm working on a GUI for GLIS, but it will be a while before its > usable. At the > moment, GLIS is more for people who have already installed Gentoo and know > what they are > doing, who just want to automate the install. > > brian connolly wrote: > >>Tom, >> >>Ya think someone might write an IS-GLIS? This is how dumb I am... how do >>you install the Gentoo install script? >> >>Download the latest release... >>got it. >> >>Extract by typing the following: tar xvjpf glis*.tar.bz2 >>when, where? >> >>Run ./glis for directions >>what? >> >>Brian >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Tom Wesley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 4:32 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] looking for gentoo for dummies >> >>On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 21:07, brian connolly wrote: >> >> >>>Greetings all, >>> >>>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? >>> >>>Brian Connolly >> >> >>As others have suggested, you should probably force yourself to learn, >>but you might like to take a look at the Gentoo Linux Install Script at >>http://glis.sf.net. >> > > > -- Andrew Gaffney -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
