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- cquilliam, on 07/07/2008, -3/+42Ah man, and I just finished compiling 2007.0 :(
- groverblue, on 07/06/2008, -2/+36I've been using Gentoo for years now, and I absolutely love. In fact, I just made a $25 donation to the project a few days ago.
- MrMinit, on 07/06/2008, -3/+34Xfce replacing GNOME on the live-CD == yippie, ja-kay!
- dougbarrett, on 07/07/2008, -0/+27Gentoo != Ubuntu
That is what is great about Linux. - shrewduser, on 07/06/2008, -1/+27its about time!
- nourkah, on 07/07/2008, -1/+25I'm surprised this actually made it to the front page. I mention Gentoo in a lot of Linux submissions and ALWAYS get dugg down.
- BestPker, on 07/06/2008, -1/+25My favorite distro :D
It's been a year since the last release. - Kingoftherings, on 07/06/2008, -1/+20I just started using Gentoo in April/May when they released 2008.0 Beta 2, and I've been loving it so far. :)
Looking forward to 2008.1, even though releases mean nothing in Gentoo. Yay metadistributions! - Kingoftherings, on 07/06/2008, -0/+19Don't use the installer, follow the handbook, its more fun to do it manually.
- pumafi, on 07/06/2008, -1/+18Mi one cent contibution: http://proyectos.pixelamigo.com/software/gentoo/re ...
- dmarquard, on 07/07/2008, -2/+19Gentoo is my absolute favorite when it comes to desktop operating systems. I love, love, love emerge.
- mynameistux, on 07/07/2008, -0/+16and for god's sake, dont start with gentoo. :)
- jb0nd38372, on 07/07/2008, -1/+16Gentoo is not as user friendly as say Mandriva, Redhat, Ubuntu, Slackware. Thats the reason I bet Gentoo gets dugg down.
- paulmer2003, on 07/07/2008, -0/+13Dugg for Gentoo. Been a loyal user for the last 4, nearly 5 years now. Love it.
- paradexes, on 07/07/2008, -1/+14WOW A tech article about something other than WINE or Apple? This is great!!
That said, I likes :D Gentoo is a great distro. I haven't used it in some time myself, but I am looking forward to installing this. - rlbond86, on 07/07/2008, -1/+13Slackware and user-friendly should never be in the same sentence.
- rynvndrp, on 07/07/2008, -1/+13Code named "It's what plants crave" That says it all. Its not for everyone. Its great for the small percentage of people who understand it. Gentoo is the linux of linuxes. Takes more expertise and knowledge, but its offers more customization, more flexibility and more freedom.
- TheXuu, on 07/07/2008, -4/+16What???? i just finished boot strapping Gentoo 2005.2!!!!!
Awww man!! - cquilliam, on 07/07/2008, -0/+11Relax, it was a joke.
- xfile087, on 07/06/2008, -0/+11Gonna give Gentoo a shot now. I still haven't found a distribution I just love!
- phybere, on 07/07/2008, -1/+10I'm beginning to hate it... it's grown to big to be up to date (repeatedly have to wait a few weeks for an ebuild to be fixed, etc)
- seiha, on 07/07/2008, -5/+14so you'll have everything installed and compiled by tomorrow?
- Setari, on 07/07/2008, -0/+8Start with a livecd like knoppix or something. That way, you don't have to install anything and don't have to worry about partitions and stuff. The hardest part of using a livecd is setting the cd drive to boot before the hard drive.
- trogdoor, on 07/07/2008, -0/+8You obviously didn't understand his comment, Gentoo is a rolling distro, when a new version of any application is released you get the update almost immediately, there isn't even anything like a service pack, just daily updates.
- arronlorenz, on 07/06/2008, -1/+9Another great release from the Gentoo team!
- paulmer2003, on 07/07/2008, -3/+10What do you mean you just finished compiling 2007.0? Gentoo does not have releases like other distros. All a new 200x.x means is a bunch of changes to portage, and maybe the baselayout.
Assuming you've had your system up to date, the release of a new "Gentoo" only means upgrading perhaps baselayout and portage, and perhaps a few other small but important packages. - jer2eydevil88, on 07/07/2008, -1/+8http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+linux
- nourkah, on 07/07/2008, -0/+7Care to give an explanation or were you just not able to figure out the Gentoo installer?
- paulmer2003, on 07/07/2008, -1/+8Agree. The install is for slackers! Sure, initally, installing it manually was a chore, and somewhat fustrating, but the more you learn about linux, the more you enjoy it :)
- dberkholz, on 07/07/2008, -1/+8It really depends on how familiar you are with the command line and the concepts inside the black box like partitioning, filesystem formatting, and such. Even if you use the installer, you are expected to read through the handbook. The installer doesn't give you Gentoo for dummies, it gives you Gentoo for people who know what they're doing and want to save a little time.
I think my first time, I took a couple days to get a successful install using the command-line method. If the installer works for you, it could go a lot faster. Compilation speed depends, as you would expect, on the speed of your computer and which packages you're installing. - rlbond86, on 07/07/2008, -1/+7Or it's a joke from Idiocracy.
- carbon12, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6Yeah me too. I tried installing Gentoo back when 2005.0 was released (before the GUI/CLI installer) and I failed miserably. :)
- Kingoftherings, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5If you installed a 2008.0 Beta, you don't need to do anything. Just an emerge --sync and and emerge -uavD world.
- bootup, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5Gentoo is definitely one of the long time surviver distributions. Not too many of them.
- Kingoftherings, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5Yep, mainly the releases are just profile updates, and an updated LiveCD.
- linkinpark342, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5Gentoo - Linux Distribution and Tutorial. All in one :)
- str1fe, on 07/07/2008, -2/+7I don't think I've ever heard a broader question in my time on the internets. That's like saying "People. Tell me about people. All the earth's people. All six-point-something billion of them." It just doesn't work that way.
If you want some answers, learn about it the way I did originally and start browsing Wikipedia. First, go to the Linux article, and start clicking links and more links until all the lingo starts to make sense. Then you can get into reading more about different distributions, desktop environments, dual booting, etc. to figure out where you want to go. It's lots of research learning about Linux if you're interested in it but never given it a shot before, but don't be intimidated. Once you get a Linux box working the way you want it to, it becomes well worth it, it's just not always easy getting there. - jgtg32a, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5Christ of all the parts you could complain about partitioning the HD is you're biggest gripe, and as linked to above that part was well explained.
- paulmer2003, on 07/07/2008, -0/+5Good idea. I shall donate too :D
- solarwind24, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4One question, coming from a binary distribution user: How long does it take to set up Gentoo on AVERAGE, would you say? Also, how long does it take compiling everything ready to go?
- NerveBand, on 07/07/2008, -2/+6Fun or FRUSTRATION :(
- Kingoftherings, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4I didn't know there were so many Gentoo users on Digg :P
- str1fe, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4Dammit, how'd I forget to mention Live CDs.
Do what Setari said, once you've done a bit of research download a Live CD and boot it. You don't have to tough the hard drive - it boots straight from the disc and you don't have to worry about messing up the hard drive. It's a great way to get a better basic grasp on it without having to worry about messing something up. - rynvndrp, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4For you, maybe. It all depends on your needs. I use and love gentoo. I understand that gentoo isn't a mass use distro. Its not designed to be that, its designed to get the most out of your hardware. I have a Phenom 9850 on gentoo and can double pass encode a 2hr DVD to divx in about 80 minutes. That takes 8 hours with Nero in XP 64bit and 5 hours in Ubuntu with k3b. And to find k3b that encodes on ubuntu takes way longer than adding encode to the USE list and emerging k3b. If you use a lot of processing power for anything, the time and effect to put into gentoo is well worth it. If not, then keep using mass market distros.
- inactive, on 07/07/2008, -2/+6wtf...
- rlbond86, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4The easiest way is to find a friend who uses it, and get his/her distribution.
- BdON003, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4Gentoo doesn't have versions like debian and others, it is quite easy to change to this new profile, and is very optional
- kelvie, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4It's also not hard to keep your own custom portage tree(s).
- urgan, on 07/07/2008, -0/+4Obviously gentoo isn't for everyone. If you fail to see the point, then you don't need it, so just use whatever fits your needs and let others decide what dependencies go with each binary package, and what features should be enabled.
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