Re: February Meeting on the 15th

"To install Linux from scratch, you must first create the universe."
On Feb 8, 2012 8:21 AM, "Jess Hires" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Of course I was joking about Gentoo. I really think we should do Linux From
> Scratch. :P
>
> Seriously, I think most people attending this session would benefit from
> seeing a Debian or CentOS install, maybe Arch if people want to see
> something a little different.
>
> Jess
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Steve Litt <[email protected]
> >wrote:
>
> > Or, you could do Saybayon, which is Gentoo with the basics already
> > compiled. It doesn't take as long to compile as normal Gentoo, but you
> > get a lot of the same advantages, and if you change your Ports source,
> > you can actually convert Saybayon to Gentoo, on your own time schedule.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:14:08 -0500
> > Michael Potts <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Gentoo would likely be a great 'worst case senario' install but it
> > > would take a huge amount of time.
> > >
> > > I have been toying with doing it off a remote VM with a nice beefy
> > > system, but even then it would not be that fast. Something like a
> > > Core i7 system locally may work better than my 4x3.0GHz Xeon server.
> > >
> > > With a compile taking 3+ hours, it may need to be done TV-chef style,
> > > with a pre-done VM all ready after the compile stage. Just drop the
> > > 'raw' compile task in, pause the VM and unpause the already-completed
> > > VM.
> > >
> > > Michael Potts
> > > GV: (904) 638-2914 | Gtalk: [email protected]
> > > @HMHackMaster | http://about.me/MichaelPotts
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Jess Hires <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd like to see this with Gentoo. ;D
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Rob McKennon <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Wow,
> > > > >
> > > > > The next meeting is less than 2 weeks away!  Dan Bidleman and/or
> > > > > myself will be presenting on "how to install Linux".
> > > > > Demonstrating the basics
> > > > of
> > > > > setting up the partitions, sound and networking.  We hope to do
> > > > > this simultaneously with different distributions.  We also have a
> > > > > request to demonstrate how to load linux as a "Dual Boot" along
> > > > > side Windows 7.
> > > > >
> > > > > We'll see how it goes...
> > > > >
> > > > > Rob.
> > > > >
> > > > > p.s.  if you want to see a specific distro installed, let us know
> > > > > soon!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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