Re: to dump or not to dump

[Guy Rutenberg]

After you install gentoo and configure it for your needs it is a very easy distro to maintain (especially because it is version-less). Portage can easily handle all the needed updates without almost no user intervention. If you have the time and will for a source based distro gentoo is your choice. It is my main distro and I personally find it very easy to maintain, and if you got the knowledge gentoo can be tuned to your specific hardware and needs via USE flags which is a nice advantage

Regards,

Guy

On 9/19/06, Aaron Mehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi all,

for over a week I had no internet.

I just couldn't connect. I am using ubuntu dapper and after trying out
zeta my journal got messed up as did many things.

now it seems internet is back.
I install Gentoo and couldn't get a thing to work without internet.

now the question.
I read the Gentoo manual but couldn't find a place that clearly showed
me how to install pptp/pppd from the live cd or stage 3.

without internet connection Gentoo seems quite useless.

And even though it lies on what was an empty partition
I wonder if it will be worth the effort to keep it.

I guess if I could get pppd and pptp set up I might consider.

What mileage/worth has anyone found with Gentoo?

Should I sweat it out or abandon ship?

Thanks,
Aaron



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