Albert Hopkins <marduk <at> letterboxes.org> writes:
> I chose Gentoo to get away from the major distros. There is plenty of > competition in that market. Let Gentoo be Gentoo and not Yet Another > Ubuntu [TM]. All you have said presupposes one (erroneous) assumption: that is an easy to use graphical install cannot be used if the distro is source code based. Nothing could be further from the truth. An easy to use graphical installation, should only be for getting the HD prepared, kernel installed and a minimum number of software packages installed. Then the customizing could continue as is normal via the handbook. A nice graphical installation process would help the distro grow and gain presence in more places, which is always a good thing. The 'mindset' that if gentoo had some easy to use graphical install, it would alter the mega-distro (sourcecode) nature of Gentoo, is misguided at best. I.E. they are not mutually exclusive, but complimentary. Distros survive, regardless of being free or for sell, because they attract a large user base. Gentoo needs an easy to use, graphical installation CD, period. What I would do is lower(simplify) the goals of what that installation CD accomplishes. Once you get a drive prepared, kernel installed and the basic tools installed (binary or compiled). At that point, it's fairly straightforward to turn the box into a server, firewall, or workstation. You, nor any respondent has given one shred of evidence as to why the installation CD cannot be graphical, easy to use and still be the gentoo we all know and love ( that is source code based). Its only a guess, but I think the devs that work on the CD are trying to make the installation full featured just like going through the handbook. Simplify and drop those troublesome features/options found in the handbook, in order to simplify the creation of an installation CD. After all 3 types of stages use to be offered, now the stage 3 is the most preferred. In the end you still end up with the same gentoo system regardless if you use stage 1 or stage 3, eventually. Does it not sound a little weird that many folks recommend using another installation CD to facilitate the installation of Gentoo? James -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
