[Linux-Anyway] Re: Mandrake-bashing (was: refugee)
- From: Horror Vacui <horrorvacui@xxxxxxx>
- To: Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 22:27:31 +0200
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 15:38:07 -0400
HaywireMac wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:33:57 -0700 (PDT)
> Meph Istopheles <meph@xxxxxxxxxxx> uttered:
>
> > I'm soon to switch from RH to gentoo. There are many reasons
> > for this -- not to mention what RH keeps doing to perfectely good
> > Linux -- like gaming. Gentoo will run ports of many dos/windows
> > games without trouble (unlike RH) & there are numerous emulators
> > for gentoo to play lots of other games -- even many dos/windows
> > games you have lying round from the misguided M$ past;-).
>
> Ya, I'm on the Gentoo page right now, and even downloading the CD's.
> It's sounding better and better all the time, even starting from a
> stage 3 install. I just don't think I'm ready for a stage one, but
> I'll do more reading on it and decide.
Yep, I thought the same. Then I thought "What the hell" and installed
Stage 1. It really just takes longer to install, it isn't much more
complicated.
>
> The worst thing that can happen is that I might learn something and be
> without a fully functioning system for a day or two.
You can install it from your current system. Just don't mess up the
partitions, don't forget to chroot, follow the instructions, don't screw
up the lilo.conf (and check it thoroughly) and you'll be fine.
Cheers
--
Horror Vacui
Registered Linux user #257714
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