Re: project status

I personally think that in order for gentoo to reach the mainstream,
it needs, in addition to a graphical installer, great configuration
tools. I know everyone always says RTFM. Look at it this way. Is the
average joe gonna read a 100 page manual on how to use gentoo, or use
something more simple like red hat or mandrake? Gentoo needs good
tools for keeping itself up to date.


On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:28:26 -0600, Andrew Gaffney <[email protected]> wrote:
> George Prowse wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:36:13 -0600
> > Andrew Gaffney <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>George Prowse wrote:
> >>
> >>>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... :)
> >>
> >>Maybe a few multiple choice questions when the installer starts like:
> >>
> >>How do you resolve a block in portage?
> >>What command do you run to add 'vixie-cron' to the default runlevel?
> >>What animal is jforman most closely associated with?
> >
> > Lol, ideal. We should make a list...
> >
> > Whats the difference between -d and -D in portage?
> > How do you add a user who can su to root?
> > Who are you least likely to get a respone out for a problem? Lisa, Ciaranm or Klieber?
> 
> That last question should be 'useful response' instead of 'response'. Lisa will
> make a joke and then help you, ciaranm will tell you to RTFM without actually
> saying RTFM and he'll manage to make fun of you too...all in the same sentence,
> and klieber will just give you a blank look :P
> 
> (I kid, I kid)
> 
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