-----Original Message----- From: Mark David Dumlao [mailto:madum...@gmail.com] Sent: February 21, 2009 1:12 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Installer and Handbook (Was: Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?)
To which the guru replied: "If you just want a CD installer, then you can have this.", and he gave the student another Ubuntu CD. At this point the student was enlightened. I think you just outlined the exact kind of "help" that keeps most people from switching to Gentoo. If that had been, for example, you and I having that particular conversation, I'd of probably smacked you with the CD and got my answers from somewhere else. Since most people, particularly most people new to linux, assume CD == installer. Also, while I like the general do it yourself attitude Gentoo takes right from instalation, there's nothing accessible about it. Which means, even though I know all the information's right there on the CD, I still won't actually be able to do it (can't see the screen, after all). So yes, there are still areas wherein the use of an installer, or even just the provision of better software on the CD, would probably make it easier for people to get into it.
