On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Tend to agree. To install Gentoo you really just need a shell, the > ability to partition and create filesystems, some basic networking > (even that is somewhat optional), and a text editor. Sure, a browser > and such is a real nice-to-have, as would be something nicer than > nano, but you really don't need them to install Gentoo. As an experienced user, it's fairly easy to run through the basic gentoo install procedure from just about any root-on-linux login prompt you can find. But like it or not, some new users do depend on a certain amount of consistency and and blindly-trusted copy-paste-ability. Even the gentoo-based sysresccd deviates enough to make things interesting at times. As cool as zsh is, having it as the default shell (with non-gentoo-standard prompt) IS going to throw some people for a loop. Not to mention the polluted environment issues (ie $path set after chroot). I think it's important that our officially-endorsed iso stays closely tied to the "standard gentoo" setup. For the new user experience, I don't think "any old linux iso will do just fine" applies. BTW I just quoted your one paragraph because I definitely agree with everything else you said. -Ben
