"A.R.S. KA9QLQ Alvin Koffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Will the dvd have a ton of stuff? I see the live cd is only 200 meg, that > seems kinda small. Be nice to see xvkbd in it for people who can't use > their hands well. > Just wondering. > Alvin
In gentoo the install cds are not a full on snapshot of all installable stuff. They contain the basic system in a few different configurations called stages. Current practice I believe is to use stage-3 even though others may be there. You are expected to have a working basic install first then you can get the portage tree (all the goodies you are asking about) installed and updated fairly effortlessly. Installation is well covered on gentoo.org under a documentation link with Installation in the title (don't remember off hand exact name) Browse thru that a bit and you'll have an idea how to do it. Its not the same as binary distributions like Fedora, mandrake etc. There are no ready made packages to just stick in other than the base install (stage-3). Every thing is compiled on gentoo. But it is automated and pretty easy to follow. Some things you may want to install like a full KDE install can take a very long time to compile... so be warned. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
