2007/7/7, Martin S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
2007/7/7, Thufir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:47:24 -0700, kashani wrote: > > > I say bring on the easiness. Make a big fat button after the > liveCD > > loads that says "Just install it for me in a nice default kinda way so > I > > can start playing with this whole USE flag thing I've heard so much > > about" and be done with it. > > The irony here is that gentoo has had the live cd for a long time which > makes installing so much easier, but just won't go that extra step > because...it's supposed to be hard? If it's "supposed" to be hard, why > have the live cd? seems contrary. Well, actually the Live CD/DVD is complete crap when it comes to "easy installing" bringing grief to lots of potential users. Which is pretty weird, considering "the other Gentoo"* has a Live CD that actually works as intended to bring in newbie type users. On the other hand I don't see why a distribution like Gentoo should target newbie users. What was actually wrong with a slightly elitist approach in stage 1-2 cli installations? The semi newbie could use a stage 3 cli installation routine. Actually I started to think that the Live CD, ditching the stage 1-2 from the main documentation is not understanding what many feel Gentoo is. It's *not* the Mandrivalike-works-straight-of-the-box distribution. It shouldn't be shoe horned into something it isn't.
What was missed, was - if the Live CD is so important, why not just nick it from Sabayon where it actually "works". * The other Gentoo is Sabayon of course. Regards, Martin S
