Walter Dnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 5 August 2005
11:41 PM
> Even with that background, my transition to Gentoo wasn't 100%
smooth.
>If I had tried jumping from Windows direct to Gentoo, without 4+ years
>of linux usage, I would've been lost.
I think you are assuming that a Gentoo
Does "Alice" really consitute a girlfriend? ;^p
> -Original Message-
> From: Paul Kain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 3:20 PM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Badges
>
> no gui, all co
On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 09:27:58AM -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote
> My first Linux was Red Hat 8.0. I then went to RH 9.0 and Fedora
> Core 1. I for one would not recommend Gentoo to a person who has
> never used Linux before. I certainly wouldn't have understood it.
What he said. Around 199
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Ryan Viljoen schreef:
> You guys and gals are all so proud of it but want to keep it to yourselves.
And what is pride, and when does one feel proud?
When one has done something that is hard for oneself to accomplish,
successfully.
You felt proud when you first tied your own shoes, after weeks/m
On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 01:41:03AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> If you're going to learn Linux, why not start with a distribution which
> caters for newbies when making design decisions, rather than one which
> assumes that its users know what they're doing?
>
I partially agree.
In my mind, l
> On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 13:53:38 -0400 Craig Zeigler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> | >DO you really think Gentoo should be the first Distro people new to
> | >Linux should turn to?
> | >
> | >
> | In one word... YES!. If you're going to learn your way around Linux
> | well, why not start with somet
On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 13:53:38 -0400 Craig Zeigler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
| >DO you really think Gentoo should be the first Distro people new to
| >Linux should turn to?
| >
| >
| In one word... YES!. If you're going to learn your way around Linux
| well, why not start with something that doe
My girlfriend, who has never used windows properley before, let alone
linux, uses my server to irc with using irssi
no gui, all command line, hardc0re girlfriend... not really but damn I wish...
On 8/4/05, Bryan Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I put Gentoo on my mom's computer. I got tired
Craig Zeigler wrote:
Chris Cox wrote:
On Thursday 04 August 2005 08:50 am, Ryan Viljoen wrote:
Yeah so you just skipped n00b status?
You never asked a stupid question?
No I thought not.
Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow...
*sigh*
I was of course just kidd
nice signature Ryan
http://chill.vault9.net/forums/Ravilj-m2166.html
email me that image please?
thanks :D
On 8/4/05, Ryan Viljoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The original point of this was to promote Gentoo. You guys and gals
> are all so proud of it but want to keep it to yourselves. When a
Yeah, I think its great! I would buy the t-shirts if I wasn't so far away!
Once you get it well configured, its nice, its fast, its Gentoo!!!
I've been "migrating" a lot of users after showing my own box to them,
and most say the same, Gentoo is a learning experience, people start
installing it an
The original point of this was to promote Gentoo. You guys and gals
are all so proud of it but want to keep it to yourselves. When a mate
asks me what OS I am running I say Gentoo Linux. If he or she wants a
copy I gladly give it to them and help them out cause someone awhile
back took the time to
Philip Webb wrote:
Gentoo is for people who want to manage their own machine in their own way
& the real bouncer at the door is the DIY installation test.
This thread is a bit more rational, so no Elitist Chowderhead subject
this time. However...
Does this mean now that I've been admining
Daniel da Veiga wrote:
The facts are:
- Internet is powerful.
- Gentoo and internet talk like friends.
- If you can read and surf the web, you can use almost any program
with a fair documentation and bit of geekness.
- Gentoo is widely documented.
- There's always us to point newbies to RTFM and
I'm not sure what's worse.. the elitist chowderheads, or you bloody top
posters that don't trim replies!!
:P
Solve the top posting problem. If you see a co-worker top posting, club
them with a shoe.
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Chris Cox wrote:
On Thursday 04 August 2005 08:50 am, Ryan Viljoen wrote:
Yeah so you just skipped n00b status?
You never asked a stupid question?
No I thought not.
Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow...
*sigh*
I was of course just kidding. I do like Gentoo
On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 10:22 -0700, Bryan Green wrote:
> I put Gentoo on my mom's computer. I got tired of her asking me questions
> about her computer concerning the Windows OS, so I installed an OS *I* could
> help her maintain, and not feel disgusted with. Just wanted to share that...
>
> Ha
050804 Chris Cox wrote:
> On Thursday 04 August 2005 08:50 am, Ryan Viljoen sighed:
>> Yeah so you just skipped n00b status?
>> You never asked a stupid question?
>> No I thought not.
>> Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow...
> I was of course just kidding.
> I do like Gen
I put Gentoo on my mom's computer. I got tired of her asking me questions
about her computer concerning the Windows OS, so I installed an OS *I* could
help her maintain, and not feel disgusted with. Just wanted to share that...
Has anyone else out there put Gentoo on their parents computers?
The facts are:
- Internet is powerful.
- Gentoo and internet talk like friends.
- If you can read and surf the web, you can use almost any program
with a fair documentation and bit of geekness.
- Gentoo is widely documented.
- There's always us to point newbies to RTFM and/or search at Google
:) a
On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 10:50:17AM -0400, Michael Crute wrote:
> At the expense of sounding like an "Elitist Chowderhead" I kind of agree
> with Chris. I'm fairly new to Gentoo (but not to Linux). I came from Fedora
> and must say that personally Gentoo makes way more sense and pisses me off
> f
At the expense of sounding like an "Elitist Chowderhead" I kind of
agree with Chris. I'm fairly new to Gentoo (but not to Linux). I came
from Fedora and must say that personally Gentoo makes way more sense
and pisses me off far less than any RedHat distro. But that said I
would never recommend Gent
Gentoo was my first serious distribution, I first tried Red Hat and
got completely put off. I was than introduced to Gentoo and have been
there ever since. Putting a Gentoo Badge in your sig or on your forum
will attract both n00bs yes and other linux users alike. Does it
really mean that the end o
Agreed in all terms!!!
On 8/4/05, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 09:03 -0500, Chris Cox wrote:
> > On Thursday 04 August 2005 08:50 am, Ryan Viljoen wrote:
> > > Yeah so you just skipped n00b status?
> > > You never asked a stupid question?
> > > No I thought n
On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 09:03 -0500, Chris Cox wrote:
> On Thursday 04 August 2005 08:50 am, Ryan Viljoen wrote:
> > Yeah so you just skipped n00b status?
> > You never asked a stupid question?
> > No I thought not.
> > Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow...
> >
> > *sigh*
>
Refer to the "Elitest Chowderheads" thread on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 15:50 +0200, Ryan Viljoen wrote:
> Yeah so you just skipped n00b status?
> You never asked a stupid question?
> No I thought not.
> Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow...
>
> *sigh*
>
On Thursday 04 August 2005 08:50 am, Ryan Viljoen wrote:
> Yeah so you just skipped n00b status?
> You never asked a stupid question?
> No I thought not.
> Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow...
>
> *sigh*
I was of course just kidding. I do like Gentoo but hey, it isn't
Yeah so you just skipped n00b status?
You never asked a stupid question?
No I thought not.
Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow...
*sigh*
On 8/4/05, Chris Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 August 2005 06:20 pm, Ryan Viljoen wrote:
> > [quote]
> > Let the wo
On Wednesday 03 August 2005 06:20 pm, Ryan Viljoen wrote:
> [quote]
> Let the world know that you run on Gentoo Linux.
>
> Put a Powered by Gentoo image on your Gentoo powered web sites or use
> a Gentoo Badge on your web page, blog, forum signature or elsewhere
> and link back to http://www.gentoo
[quote]
Let the world know that you run on Gentoo Linux.
Put a Powered by Gentoo image on your Gentoo powered web sites or use
a Gentoo Badge on your web page, blog, forum signature or elsewhere
and link back to http://www.gentoo.org - help us spread the word! Tell
others how happy you are with Ge
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