On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:23 AM Peter Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > I always use SystemRescueCD to install a new Gentoo system. Never a single > problem with it, other than having to set up my own working conditions every > time. >
Personally I tend to use Ubuntu - mainly because it just gives you a nice desktop experience and just works. I can easily fire up a full browser, open all the xterms I want, and so on. I really don't care about its pros/cons long-term because it is just a livecd - the installed OS ends up the same no matter what distro you use to boot off of. It all runs in a chroot so the only OS component that really impacts the install is the kernel. But there are lots of choices. I don't really have a problem with Gentoo having its own minimal iso, but I do encourage people to use something more functional, simply because there are already a ton of good livecds out there, and Gentoo doesn't really need to invent its own. Since you only use the livecd image for an hour in the lifetime of the entire system, it has pretty minimal impact on the overall experience, even if it is the first thing you see. So, why not take advantage of the polish other distros have put into theirs? -- Rich
