[Gllug] gentoo

[Pete Black]

look on gentoo.org for install instructions. You will need them, as there
are quite a few steps involved. However, it is pretty painless since everything
works precisely as indicated, at least in my experience.

Be aware gentoo is a source-based distro - that is everything that runs on it
is automatically downloaded and compiled from source by the portage package
manager.

You will need a decent connection (broadband is mandatory for gentoo, realistically),
and either a fast CPU or a lot of time.

I found gentoo excellent for multimedia and development purposes, but would definitely 
not recommend it for someone who doesn't already know what they want from their Linux 
machine.

-Pete

On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:14:46PM +0100, john gennard wrote:
> This month's Linux Magazine CD contains tarballs for Gentoo 1.4rc4.
> I would like to have a look at this distro, but don't understand
> how to go about installing it. I'd have no problem with a downloaded
> version burned onto a CD, but what can I do with a tarball alone?
> 
> There must be a way, otherwise why offer just tarballs. Can someone
> help please - I can partition, create filesystems, unpack and cope 
> with most configuration requirements, but how to boot from a CD
> containing only a tarball?.
> 
> I've looked at the relevant web sites, but cannot see anything that 
> covers what confuses me. I have Debian Woody (my main system) and
> Knoppix 3.1 running.
> 
> Grateful for any help.
> 
> John.
> 
> 
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