That's a really good history, LOL! I love Gentoo !!!!!
Sorry if this an off-topic. Thanks all El mar, 30-12-2003 a las 12:33, s escribi�: > On Tuesday 30 December 2003 03:21 am, Cybercar wrote: > > First 4 years ago y tried Mandrake, then I beeing using Debian > > with the great apt , but before I didn't taste gentoo I don't > > really know the performance which it gives me. > > Before I haven't compiled all the system in gentoo i never been > > so happy than now :) > > Gentoo & emerge PoWa!! > > > > Thanks all of you to make this grow day by day. > > > Yeah, I started with Mandrake 7.2. Well, actually I installed > several distros for about a year, little less, before that, but > always went on back to windows. But mandrake was easy enough for > a tickerer like me, even tho that was still 2.2 kernel and not much > was autodetected. I'm glad I stayed when I did cuz mandrake > started doing everything for the user starting at about 8.2 or so. > On a fresh install now, the user has to configure very little. But > I'm a commandline junkie. I never used mandrakes utilities to > configure stuff past the install, mainly cuz they didn't work when > I started using it, <teehee>, and I use bash for my filemanager, > that kinda thing. So, I am sorta a little accomplished. Not guru, > but comfortable with any linux distro except debian (didn't like it > much). > > I tried about every other major distro out there, but mandrake > (cooker to be more precise) was my main os. I loved it dearly. > Until this year. Thing started changing. But it was still my main > os and I still liked it. But then one weekend in mid-November my > suse ftp install failed. So, I don't know, I think someone > mentioned gentoo on http://www.pclinuxonline.com I tried debian > too right before, but on someone recommendation I thought I"d try > gentoo. Oh, I remember better now, in addition, it came with my > october or november linux format magazine dvd. My last issue cuz > my subscription ran out. How that for luck? If it had run out a > month earlier, or they had included it a month later, I'd still be > growing more dissatified with mandrake. (which is another long > story I spare yaw of). > > Now I tried LFS and sorceror before and got tired of messing with > them before I got them on. But I started gentoos install from > stage 1 cuz that's what was on that linux format dvd. I had hoped > it would be complete with the packages, but ended up downloading > them. > > But anyway I tried to read the docs on the site before I started and > got the blahs. See, I'm one of those rtfm if I /have/ too kinda > people. But I wanted to do this right, so I tried to read the docs > first. But said fsck it and booted the cd thinking there might be > an installer or soemthign. But instead were some directions for > installing gentoo. I followed them and had to change some stuff > cuz either the procedure had changed or my disk was different. I > didn't know enough about what I was doing to remember now. But I > just bascially followed the directions on the cd and it took 3 days > before I could boot. Then it took another couple or three days > before I could start x. > > But it was easy. It booted right up the first try and x started the > first time. That's how it's been for me. I had a few problems at > first, user error mostly, like I couldn't get the timezone right. > Turned out to be I hadn't build rtc in the kernel. :P Couldn't su > to root cuz I wasn't in wheel group. OO.org wouldn't build cuz > there wasn't enough room on that partition. But overall it's been > painless. And if I want to install soemthing it builds, install > and works. Even if it's a tarball I've downloaded. Portage has > failed on just a couple packages, openmotiff I think was one, but > can't remember the other one or two. Nothing too important to me. > My sensors worked and my xawtv and volume plugin. Most important > to me, that I can't get to work in slackware. And the startup > process and loading modules stuff was a little different in gentoo > but not to hard to figure out. I use dsl through a router most of > the time, but occasionally need to dial up. No go with slackware, > pppd dies. I used to love slackware in it's 8.x days, but since it > went 9.x I can't get it to do shit. But kppp dials up from gentoo > with no problems. Everything works. Mplayer for those asf and wma > files. cdrecord for burning, well not really surprized there. But > everything works except posting to the gentoo newsgroup. :P (which > I could use some help there!) Been reading this list since mid > november and the newsgroup since about then. The community is real > nice which is something I was afraid I'm miss from mandrake. I > posted about one problem and had several list suggestions how to > overcome it right away. I really enjoy the forum, where I jump in > and show my ignorance too often. Nice folks, great off-topics. :) > > All that to say I love gentoo too, cuz it works. :D > > Sorry it got so long. :D But just got some good news about a > friend and am all wound up besides loving to tell the story of how > gentoo stole my heart away from my long time love mandrake. > > I've heard it stole another once die-hard mandrake user too. Yama > from http://www.pclinuxonline.com He used to be quite active on > the mandrake mailing list. I wonder if he subscribes to this > gentoo list? The name he used to post on the mandrake mailing lists > was Sridhar Dhanapalan. I know he's around somewhere, maybe using > a different nick. He was quite the guru and seemed happy to help. > Anyone know who I'm talking about? > > Ok, I'll shut up now. Thanks for being part of gentoo and making me > feel welcome. Thanks if you actually read this. I don't usually > read long posts myself, so I appreciate it if you read my > story. :) Have a nice day. > > Oh, and Happy New Year. Tomorrow's my birthday. :P > > thanks, > -susan > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- - = Human knowledge belongs to the world = - Linux Gentoo PoWeReD Signed by: Cybercar
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