[dundee] gooey boy gets bashed

[James Le Cuirot]

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:42:03 +0100
"Digit (SG)" <digit.siljrath at googlemail.com> wrote:

> i've yet to install it to look around, but i've downloaded both the cd
> (mini) and full dvd versions of sabayon linux which is based on
> gentoo.  i feel i've learned alot just from looking around on their
> website.  they provide more usefull tips and commands to get us noobs
> started than i've seen with any other.  i just hope they keep up this
> educational practice once inside the os (since i'll be installing it
> on a machine that is not connected to the net).  I thought Slackware
> was the king of educators, but the gentoo (sabayon at least) route
> seems to be kind enough to give you rubber arm bands and instead of
> throwing you in the deap end n telling you everything from the
> molecular composition of water to philosophical quips, they point to
> where it is and tell you how to swim in it.
> 
> so... is gentoo (and gentoo based distros) the way to go for a comand
> line learning friendly environment?
> 
> 
> level of noobishness:
> the only command i remember at this moment is "su"
> i dont even remember how to see the contents of a directory!  bring
> back dir/p!  lol.  was it -r or something?   lol.
> 
> * runs and hides from the hardcore geeks n hackers who can speak
> command-line fluently before they start throwing things *

You might want to look up a small tutorial to get going but despite
what people say, if you're prepared to learn, I think you can started
with Gentoo with fairly little knowledge. It's the people who hate
using the command line that complain about it.

James