gentoo

[Norberto Quintanar]

--- "Longman, Bill" <longman@sharplabs.com> wrote:
> > Subject: gentoo
> > 
> > 
> > Hello everyone
> > I just went to the gentoo website and printed out the manual 
> > on how to 
> > install and configure gentoo linux.
> > 
> > Whew!
> > That manual is the size of a pretty good book!
> > I was thinking of trying to install it on my oldworld mac,but I
> don't 
> > know now.
> > I know some about linux but I don't think I can tackle that.
> > I 'm not that much of a geek!
> 
> Gentoo, IMNSHO, is best if you've had a distro or two under your
> belt and
> you've got a good internet connection! And especially on an
> OldWorld, you're
> in for some frustrating times. You've basically got to score >8 on
> the geek
> scale, >9 on the frustration resistance scale and you'll need a
> fridge full
> of highly caffeinated cola capsules.
> 
> If the above are true and you also score <5 on the spousal "Call to
> Duty"
> scale, you should plan your time according to this basic schedule:
> 
> 1 - 1 day - screwing with your emerge stages. If you have a tiny
> little wire
> between you and the internet, and still feel you *have* to try
> gentoo, use
> the pre-compiled version for PPC. It will save you lots and they
> are good
> compile settings.
> 
> 2 - 2 weeks - emerging the stuff you didn't install but you use
> lots.
> 
> 3 - emerging more stuff that is nice to have. You find these over
> the course
> of a month or two.
> 
> Also, figure on several days a quarter for recompiles if you want
> to stay up
> to date. I did "emerge world" on my dual Xeon after three months of
> not
> doing it and it compiled for most of a day.

Word!  I have a T3 line at work and Gentoo takes a good two hours to 
do a fresh install.  And you'd better not have a "honey-do" list or
you're in trubble!

Norberto Quintanar
--http://www.geocities.com/nquintanar 

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