Re: project status
George Prowse <cokehabit2003-/[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.gentoo.installer |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:32:06 -0500 Chris Gianelloni <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 14:38 +1000, Daniel wrote: > > Yeah but typing makes people think it's complex. Also a lot of people > > dont have the common sense to get the handbook, imagine installing > > gentoo for the first time, with no linux experience without the > > handbook. > > If they don't have sense enough to look for documentation, then they're > never going to be able to run Gentoo. Consider it a rite of passage or > some other nonsense. In fact, the GUI installer might well make things > more complex, especially as it gains more features, as it will be able > to do installation tasks not documented in the Handbook. They will, of > course, have to be documented, but the point still stands. > Personally i learnt more while installing gentoo than when i was with Mandrake, Debian or Fedora, every day i learn more and im just after a year starting to help solve some problems instead of causing them. I reinstall far more often than i should do and the installer will help out when i try a few too many things. Perhaps The installer should only be avaliable to those who have installed manually... :) George ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html