* Nikos Chantziaras (rea...@arcor.de) [04.04.09 03:55]: > > I thought about it and I would still like an installer. People asked me > "I want that too" after they see what Gentoo can do and is about. I > could help them learn to keep their Gentoo healthy and running, but I am > not willing to install it for them or teach them how to install it > themselves. Too much work.
1.) If they want it, then they *have* to learn it. No convinience
here!
2.) They learn much more about their system, when they install it, than
from a running system: For once they *know* what is installed and
how that is configured.
> So from my observational point, the lack of
> an installer just means that people who would like to try Gentoo just
> don't, because the learning curve is too steep, beginning right at the
> installation. To learn, you need a system that already runs so you can
> learn that system. Gentoo needs to be installed by someone who already
> knows. Chicken and egg.
>
1) If the people need to learn Linux: give them Ubuntu. If they are
annoyed enough about how the things are configured there, then they
are willing to learn the things they need for Gentoo.
2) You only have the chicken and egg problem if you want every newbie to
Linux start with Gentoo and also support his/her unwillingness to
RTFM.
Gentoo is not for people, which want to be washed, but not to get wet!
Sebastian
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