On Thu, 6 Aug 2015 16:34:32 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: > Agreed. But we can (maybe eventually) offer more frequent live versions > of gentoo, in a canned dvd(w/persistence) so that folks can test-drive > gentoo, add a few packages and get comfortable before undertaking that > long and winding manual install road?
That's what Gentoo did years ago. You could download a DVD with prebuilt binary packages. It meant you could follow the handbook, but without changing use flags from the default profiles for that DVD, and get a running system in no time. I remember installing Gentoo on a PPC iBook about 10 years ago and it took an hour from booting the live DVD to having a working KDE desktop. Then I could tweak my USE flags and re-emerge stuff while the system was already usable. That for stopped for the traditional reason, lack of manpower, IIRC. > All it would take... What it takes is someone to step up and offer to do the work. -- Neil Bothwick Did you hear about the blind prostitute? You have to hand it to her.
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