Gentoo and installfest

[Wagner, Steven G]

Check out a live gentoo cd called 'pentoo' if you'd like to test gentoo on
your system. It's also got lots of cool pen-testing apps and they offer a
mini-cd version called 'mpentoo'. Installing gentoo can be quite a job, but
if you are a control freak (or comp sci major) it's the only way to go!

Also, the package management system 'portage' is the best and if you crave
security you'll appreciate the hardened gentoo project.

I've had nothing but great experiences with the gentoo community and there's
always someone willing to help you (be sure to rtfm first, of course) and
there are others on this list who have helped me.

As much as I love gentoo, I got lazy and am running opensuse 10 on my
laptop. ;)

s

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Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 9:36 AM
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Subject: Re: Gentoo and installfest


Ah ha, Ok, will not bother with Gentoo. I have
installed cdrom's before, so may skip coming or at
least dragging the system there.

May just 'rub' shoulders down there possibly later.

--- "Eric \"Shubes\"" <plug at shubes.net> wrote:

> KE7FEG wrote:
> > A couple ???'s.
> >
> > Thinking of gentoo as an os. Never got it to
> install
> > properly on other machines.
> >
> > 1. Will anyone there know Gentoo and install it?
>
> Erik Bixby knows gentoo, but he's not going to be
> there today.
> Why gentoo? That's a source distribution, so you
> need to compile
> everything, which takes quite some time - too long
> to complete at the IF.
>
> > 2. How much 'trouble' am I asking for to bring
> just
> > the cpu/mouse/kbd to the installfest and use some
> > other monitor. I have a acer 19" lcd monitor,,,too
> > much to take on a city bus. Don't want to get home
> > w/it and cannot see it due to several lib's being
> in
> > dire need of change.
>
> Shouldn't be a problem. There's usually (I think) a
> spare monitor
> around. Bring in the documentation for your monitor
> (sync, refresh
> rates) and we should be able to configure it so that
> it'll work ok with
> minimal resolution. Then you can tweak it up when
> you get it back home.
> >
> > Nothing on hd right now, amd2600, 120gb hd, 512mb,
> dvd rom/cdrw.
>
> Sounds like a slam dunk. I'd really recommend
> something other than
> gentoo though, unless you want to get (deep) into
> that sort of thing.
>
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> >
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> >
>
>
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