i'd be in on this. got a 2gig hd (spare) and a p200 96meg ram (my pc).
where & when ??? dave. On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 09:37, gjw49 wrote: > I also think this is a good idea, but maybe not as a "public installfest" like > the Mandrake/RedHat ones. Just a small gathering of everyone on the list who > wants to try Gentoo (*puts up hand* ;-) or who wants to get updated packages > quickly for their current system (if they're on a modem connection at home). > If you can share the portage tree... and you can share the compiling... > > Could we have, say, everyone who gets an install up and working leave their > machine running to help others who are still installing? Is it just me, or > would that be _damn_cool_? ;-) > > Cheers, > Gareth > > > >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== > >I think this is a good idea, though I expect it to be far more complex than a > standard (Redhat/Mandrake) installfest. As such, I would suggest that the > organisers have a "practise" run with a few experts who are willing to give > Gentoo a try - so that some of the issues can be ironed > >out earlier. > >Personally I'm willing to come along & help out, and I'll bring my box to > help out with the distcc compile effort. > > > >Brad > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tuesday, 10 June 2003 11:16 p.m. > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: Gentoo Installfest (was Re: OpenBSD) > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:22, you wrote: > >> > Gentoo is looking more feasible by the minute...I am running out of > >> > excuses not to at least try it. =) > >> > >> Does all theis interest in Gentoo mean that we are going to > >> have to organise a > >> Gentoo Installfest? > >> > >> Not as silly as it might at first seem because it would then > >> allow the sharing > >> of the portage tree. Mine is now at something of the order of > >> ~1.7GBytes. > >> Some of it might be old files, but I did have a big purge not > >> so long ago. That fileset could be shared around to minimise > >> download bother, also gentoo > >> can now use the distributed compiling idea, so a group could > >> probably get it > >> all going pretty quickly - In a living memory time-span anyway :-) > >> > >> Remember that the installation of Gentoo is not for the total > >> newb, but > >> getting new packages and doing upgrades is totally ( 99.999% > >> :-) free of > >> problems. > >> > >> Note that the Gentoo Weekly News reports today that the > >> Gentoo system has been > >> ported to the the Darwin Kernel on PPC. You can now have all > >> your X11 based > >> toys _and_ Photoshop etc on the same machine without rebooting! > >> > >> -- > >> C. S. > >> > >> >
