On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2011 5:17 AM, "Paul Hartman" <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > This is maybe a bit off topic but here goes. I want to install Linux on >> > my >> > brothers rig. The heat sink on the CPU is not much, OEM type. I don't >> > want >> > to install Gentoo because of that and it is a older rig with a slow CPU >> > and >> > not a lot of ram either. So, what is a easy to install distro that has >> > KDE4, Seamonkey, gtkam, GIMP and such? I want something easy because I >> > want >> > to install and leave it be until he can get a new rig built. Then I'll >> > be >> > installing Gentoo for a more permanent install. >> >> Since you're already familiar with Gentoo, I would take a look at >> Sabayon. It's basically a binary Gentoo distro (and a gentoo overlay). > > +1 on familiarity.
When you are ready to go to gentoo just update make.conf with your tweaks for the system (CFLAGS, USE, etc.) and run "emerge --sync; emerge -ae world" and you will have gentoo installed and configured. > We all know about your (Dale's) daily, um, 'adventures' with Gentoo. > > So, going Sabayon should be a relative walk in the park for you. We don't > really want to tax other Linux distro's mailing list, do we? ;-) > >> It comes preconfigured just like ubuntu or others so you don't need to >> do anything, just install it and you'll have a working graphical >> desktop and lots of software. Super easy and all of the configuration >> is done Gentoo-style. They have GTK, KDE and XFCE versions to choose >> from. I've only played with it briefly in a VM and tried the LiveDVD >> on my laptop, but I believe you can even still use emerge and use >> portage like you would in Gentoo. >> > > Indeed: > > http://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=FAQ#Should_I_use_Sabayon_as_a_source-based_or_binary_based_distribution.3F > > Rgds, > -- No trees were harmed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
