Re: version 0.3 of the Gentoo Linux Installer

but this would sort of sidestep the entire point of gentoo..

from what i understand gentoo has always been about giving a user all teh
options and the documentation to learn and act on their own. if you do no=
t wish
to follow this base idea then go with something else like suse or fedora.

the rule of thumb i have always gone with if i dont know what an option i=
s then
i leave it the heck alone or read the manual to find out what it is.

its not like they make it hard to get a list of what the use flags are. M=
aybe
instead of making them go away simply make a to the manual on use flags. =
gently
suggesting to the user to rtfm but ultimately the idea is to read the
documentation.

--- Norman Rie=EF=BF=BD <[email protected]> wrote:

> Andrew Gaffney schrieb:
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> > Simon Stelling wrote:
> >
> >> Norman Rie=EF=BF=BD 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=EF=BF=BDt be s=
et 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.=
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> >> 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.
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