On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 09:03 -0500, Chris Cox wrote: > On Thursday 04 August 2005 08:50 am, Ryan Viljoen wrote: > > Yeah so you just skipped n00b status? > > You never asked a stupid question? > > No I thought not. > > Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow... > > > > *sigh* > > I was of course just kidding. I do like Gentoo but hey, it isn't the right > choice for everyone. Some people I'm sure would prefer hand holding and > fancy GUI installers that other Distros have a seem to cator to the masses. > > DO you really think Gentoo should be the first Distro people new to Linux > should turn to? > -- > Chris > Linux 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP > 09:00:21 up 1 day, 14:07, 6 users, load average: 0.33, 0.23, 0.19
My first Linux was Red Hat 8.0. I then went to RH 9.0 and Fedora Core 1. I for one would not recommend Gentoo to a person who has never used Linux before. I certainly wouldn't have understood it. Think of it as a test of the strong: Newbies might choose Gentoo and run into all kinds of problems and ask stupid questions. Most will get frustrated and either leave Linux altogether or seek out a more user-friendly distrobution. The ones who stick around are the ones worth adding to the community. When I first came to Gentoo I asked a lot of stupid questions (still do) and I get frustrated with it sometimes but I know that this is what I want and so I'll stick with it. The newbies like that will stick around and they will ask stupid questions and learn from those stupid questions and you will not be able to get rid of them no matter how hard you try. Linux is not for the faint of heart (that's what MSWindows is for.) If someone wants to learn Linux (Gentoo) and stick to it then they are worthy of our time... -- [email protected] mailing list
