On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:31, steve wrote: > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >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. > > Is there an installable version of Knoppix? I am under the impression that they all are, but I have never actually done it. The one time I tried it failed.
> It's install seems so > idiot-proof that I would offer it ahead of one that re-compiles itself. > Unless, of course, the installation manual says something along the > lines of 'now's a good time to go to bed, and see whether it's finished > in the morning'? The book is pretty good about giving one a very rough estimate of the time it takes to build parts of the system. > I do think time to install should be taken into > consideration when suggesting a starting point... the OP described > himself as 'new to anything other than point and click', waiting for > hundreds of lines of geek code to scroll over the window isn't too good > a start (: I fear you have been misinformed. While "compile everything" was the case when Gentoo was new, it is now possible to install a pretty full Gentoo entirely from precompiled binary tar files, with the exception of the automatic generation of the kernel. All you have to be able do to install Gentoo is to be able to read and understand American technical English and do the described actions. I having been watching the #gentoo irc channel on irc.freenode.net on and off for some time now, and I do realise that that is not always as easy for some people as is frequently assumed. The current binary distribution is mirrored at:- ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/gentoo/releases/x86/2004.1/livecd/ ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/gentoo/releases/x86/2004.1/packagecd/ The ultimate choice of Linux Distro is of course the installer's own choice. I have personally found Gento to be by far the best for me and my needs. -- 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.
