Similar for me - bigger HD though. Yes I am interested, depends when basically, as also pretty busy schedule.
Lance B ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Lilley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:30:02 +1200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Gentoo Installfest (was Re: OpenBSD) > 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. > > >> > > >> > > > > -- ______________________________________________ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze
