Momesso Andrea <momesso.andrea <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Here is an intersting article by a gentoo dev (darkside): > http://blog.jolexa.net/2009/02/25/gentoo-yearly-releases-help-or-hurt-gentoo/ OK, I'll bite on these postings (Although my question was really about the profile...) 1. Where is the official discussion/instruction on rolling my own profile, since 'profile' as a gentoo supported file is deprecated? 2. I have a friend with a band new smoking amd64 tablet. Which instructions do I tell him to follow to install gentoo on his new tablet-gadget? 3. I have a very smart teenager who is willing to learn and struggle with Gentoo. I think he should use the systemRescue path to gentoo. Where are the instructions related to installing off of a SystemRescue media (usb/cdrom)? Where will he read about which weekly release for his old p3/4 hardware? Where to find old drivers? Use an older kernel to ease the initial installation? How is one handbook going to address new and old but usable hardware issues? Where do we find documentation and step by steps answers to 1, 2, and 3? Although I can "slave" my way through these issues, do we really want folks considering Gentoo, to be indoctrination in these undocumented realities? Do we just want to keep Gentoo as a distro for those of us too hard_headed to make things easier for new folks? After all I was looking for a simple explanation (which is part of several answers) to "waz up with the profile" dudes? With webkit,plasma, evdev, hal and other issues, it seems to me the basic (default) flags are changing, but, still no need for a new profile? And I get a plethora of statements about all sorts of related issues. Now imagine you are new to gentoo, and maybe not quite "seasoned" as an admin or hack......... makes you wonder where the distro (weekly roll your own) is going..... certainly no concurrent documentation is a key ingredient? So for 1 & 2 & 3 above, I should just wait until the handbooks is thusly revised; before referring friends to gentoo? James
