Re: version 0.3 of the Gentoo Linux Installer

Norman Rie=DF wrote:
> Andrew Gaffney schrieb:
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>> Simon Stelling wrote:
>>
>>> Norman Rie=DF wrote:
>>>
>>>> But see it with the eyes of a random Gentoo beginner.
>>>> You come to the "USE Flags" screen seeing some settings. You think=20
>>>> "That
>>>> are surely some nice settings. Otherwise they wouldn=B4t be set as=20
>>>> default".
>>>> But then you choose KDE. Now you have a KDE system with "+gnome=20
>>>> -kde" as
>>>> USE Flags.
>>>
>>>
>>> If people are not willing to read documentation, that's their fault.=20
>>> Being a
>>> newbie or a sysadmin++, it doesn't matter.
>>
>>
>> You took the words from my mouth.
>>
> Right. But some WILL NOT read the documentation and they WILL create a=20
> crapy system.
> And then they WILL run to the forums. And guys like you WILL tell them=20
> to RTFM.
> And they will tell their friends what a crapy system Gentoo is and what=
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> jerks these Gentoo users are.
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> Seriously give them a nice default system and tell them later in a nice=
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> way to read how to extend the system.

How is that any different than a "manual" install? Many people don't read=
 the=20
handbook completely and then complain loudly about how Gentoo sucks.

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Andrew Gaffney                            http://dev.gentoo.org/~agaffney=
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Gentoo Linux Developer                                   Installer Projec=
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