On Nov 11, 2011 5:17 AM, "Paul Hartman" <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on my > > brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I don't want > > to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with a slow CPU and > > not a lot of ram either. So, what is a easy to install distro that has > > KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want something easy because I want > > to install and leave it be until he can get a new rig built. Then I'll be > > installing Gentoo for a more permanent install. > > Since you're already familiar with Gentoo, I would take a look at > Sabayon. It's basically a binary Gentoo distro (and a gentoo overlay).
+1 on familiarity. We all know about your (Dale's) daily, um, 'adventures' with Gentoo. So, going Sabayon should be a relative walk in the park for you. We don't really want to tax other Linux distro's mailing list, do we? ;-) > It comes preconfigured just like ubuntu or others so you don't need to > do anything, just install it and you'll have a working graphical > desktop and lots of software. Super easy and all of the configuration > is done Gentoo-style. They have GTK, KDE and XFCE versions to choose > from. I've only played with it briefly in a VM and tried the LiveDVD > on my laptop, but I believe you can even still use emerge and use > portage like you would in Gentoo. > Indeed: http://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=FAQ#Should_I_use_Sabayon_as_a_source-based_or_binary_based_distribution.3F Rgds,
