On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:15, Jeff Fuller wrote: > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:13, Jeff Fuller wrote: > >>Yes! interested in buying CD/CDs(no DVD) Have to have some tuition on > >>installing as i am very new to Linux------Thanks jeff > > > >There are several of us on the list who have found Gentoo to our liking. I > >have no idea as to your general knowledge about computers, but if you have > > a reasonable understanding of the lore, you might find Gentoo appealing. > > ( It might be a bit of a baptism of file / jumping in at the deep end :-) > > > >If so have a look at:- > >http://www.gentoo.org > >in particular:- > >http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml > > > >You will need a fairly grunty machine. > >600 ~ 700 MHz is a realistic minimum. > >Under 400MHz is totally unworkable. > > > >I can offer CDs for this Distribution. > > > >Like all Linux distros, there are a ( very ) few points of failure, but in > > my experience fewer than most of the others. They have completely fixed > > the RPM hell & upgrade nonsense. > > Thanks for the info Christopher but as i am new to anything other than > point and click, I will wait till get more understanding of how to work > things(am a newbe) Installing Gentoo would give you that understanding. The installation hand-book is totally explicit, intended to educate, and all-in-all pretty well written.
-- 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.
