Hi, Most of your questions have been answered by more knowledgeable people on the list than I. However, I do I one comment:
Richard Neill wrote: >4)Does anyone know of a good resource for ex-mandriva users? > > > I can't say enough good things about Gentoo documentation: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml It has helped me out a number of times. I'm a relatively new Gentoo user as well (Sept. 2005) and I'm not a techy. I used Redhat and then, Fedora for about 4 years. People on this list have been great and initially pointed me toward various Gentoo documentation. I've finally clued in and realized what an invaluable resource this is. Case in point: I recently installed Gentoo on my laptop. It's a 2.4 gHz with a 40 gig hard drive, so perhaps it's a little more powerful than yours. I followed the steps in the Gentoo handbook and built ACPI into the kernel. Once I got to the boot stage, I had problems because I didn't follow the ACPI guide and I should have. Once I followed the steps in that, I was able to compile xwindows and kde-meta without a hitch. And for what it's worth, I had never compiled a kernel before using Gentoo and now, I can do it without being scared out of my mind - I may not be an expert, but I'm getting better and I am learning. And as I said, I'm not a techy - I could be someones grandmother! :-) I have to say that I am totally biased - Gentoo is the best! Anyway, that's my 2 cents! :-) Regards, Colleen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
