On 25/07/2015 10:28, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:07:20 -0600, Justin Findlay wrote: > >>> Gentoo does not need an 'installer'. We have way too many people not >>> being able to read simple instructions already or spending 5minutes on >>> google&thinking for themselves. Just look at this mailing list. We >>> really don't need more of them. >> >> I disagree. There are always going to be people who don't read >> instructions or who don't even share your intuition about things. > > They are called Ubuntu users - they and Ubuntu are welcome to one another. > > Are you saying you would want on influx of people who can't be bothered > to read or think for themselves?
Please good lord no. Let's not have that again. Once a year or so this list gets flooded by a new bunch of folks who spew forth an unending stream of simple questions and can't be bothered to look further than their nose. And these folks never contribute back. Gentoo requires that the user has a decent amount of clue and has a good idea of what they want. Plus a healthy dose of "ah fuck it, I can figure this out for myself". It's not elitism to say that, it's a simple statement of fact about who the target market is. Folks looking for pointy-click installers are not it. Neither are ricers. -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
