Re: February Meeting on the 15th

maybe a funtoo install instead of gentoo, not sure yet, have not
played with funtoo but thought about doing it this weekend.


On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Dan Bidleman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't mind doing a gentoo install at all.  My vacation was pushed
> back so I don't think I'll be having any issues running this.  I'll
> plan on doing a gentoo, mint, debian arch and centos.  If anyone wants
> to change those out with something else I dont mind, but I think that
> should hit everyone pretty well, I'll probably do a split screen
> install so we can do longer ones beside the short ones (like gentoo on
> left and while its compiling do a mint then debian)
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Paul Spicer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j5bbi-OzFY
>>
>> :D
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Jess Hires <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Where do I find the source for the universe? :P
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Paul Spicer <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> "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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