On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 06:55:18 +0600 (LKT) Grendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I managed to get gentoo running, the installation was the worst > experience i had since I installed debian. You know some of the things > I have to do are so common that why anyone cant write a intereactive > install script to automate some aspects of the things is beyond me. > > Fortunately the harrowing aspefct of the installation is offsetted > somewhat by the speed increase and good package management I see. I > never understand why distros which have the best package management > (gentoo, debian) have almost non existant installation support :( > A couple of thoughts: 1) There are one or more projects underway to automate the install process. Search the archives or in forum. Most of us don't mind the manual process because normally you only need to do it once, then update forever. 2) I disagree. I've gotten better installation support from this mail group and from the gentoo forum users than any other distro I've worked with, bar none. 3) You will catch more bears with honey than vinegar. -- Collins - Denver Area - Gentoo stable kernel 2.6.3-rc2 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
