· Galevsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Jan 11, 2008 11:02 AM, Michael Schmarck > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...] >> As far as I'm concerned, the Gentoo install CD could easily be dropped >> without a loss. >> >> Michael > > I'll try to make you understand it..... After reading your reply, I've got to say that you failed. > GRML ? Knoppix ? other LiveCD ? What for, man ? Oh, quite easy - to install Gentoo. That way, the knowledge of experts in creating live CDs is leveraged. NIH is not a good point of view, if you ask me. > Using extra rescue > systems is a liberty, of course, but why should it be a must ? I Easy - to make use of expert knowledge. To save resources, as that's obviously a scarcity in Gentoo. > always installed my gentoo from the current gentoo installCD since I Fine. I never did that. > see no gain in downloading and burning one more system... Uhm? That doesn't make sense. Downloading GRML is no worse than downloading a Gentoo Live CD. > [...] I don't want to take care about > versions Me neither, but that's a dream. > and news about other distros/rescue systems, since I am using > Gentoo which provides me all I need to setup. Fine for you. That's obviously not the case for Shaochun. > So, of course, as far as > one of linux distro at least will provide a way to boot up an > up-to-date kernel, all the other distros won't have to maintain their > own releases, but in the end, I am not sure that the whole community > wants to launch the Windows Ubuntu installer, download the required > packages manager from the web and update the system from the good > repository. I don't get, what you were trying to say here. Michael Schmarck -- Real programmers don't draw flowcharts. Flowcharts are, after all, the illiterate's form of documentation. Cavemen drew flowcharts; look how much good it did them. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
