the handbook seems to be back up.
On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 13:58:02 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 06 April 2004 13:11, Don Gould wrote: > > I thought I'd have a read of the web site and sort things out for my > > self... > > > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1 > > > > The link above only lead me to a list of topic headings. > Symptom of the growing pains I mentioned earlier. I'm sure they will correct > it soon. In the meantime I have made a 2 day old edition avalable at:- > http://berty.dyndns.org:8080/~chris/gentoo-x86-install.html > Warning folks: It will disappear when the original re-appears. > > > Maybe I should be looking at Mandrake? > Possibly, It's the other end of the spectrum from Gentoo. > Very easy install, not over good QA, Get stuck in RPM hell as easily as > falling off a log. I used for quite a while until I found Gentoo. > > > Would that be a better choice? > If you want a mindless 20 minute install, only to become totally frustrated > after about 6 months to a year of use, yes. > > > Guys all I'm really looking for is a good GPL linux distro that a bunch of > > locals are using so I can give and get good assistance. > To be able to use Gentoo effectively you have to have the time to read and > fully understand quite large slugs of complex documentation written in > American English. By and large it's pretty well done, but light bed-time > reading it is not! > > > I'd use RH but it seems to be heading down the commerical lines... > True. > > > Debian support on the local mirrors doesn't seem that good and frankly it > > doesn't seem to be upto the level of some of the others for the desktop > > enviornment. > Similarly true. > > > Excuse me if I'm starting to become frustrated here :) > Just this once mind. :-) > > -- > Sincerely etc. > Christopher Sawtell > > NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, > it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. > Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
