On Thursday 06 Aug 2015 18:59:11 Neil Bothwick wrote: > 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.
Wasn't that the GRP option? > 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. -- Regards, Mick
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