Re: [tlug] First impressions of Gentoo

[Edward Middleton <edward@example.com>]

Josh Glover wrote:
>> If you were going to go this way it would probably be better to just
>> make stage4 tar for newbies that has the system with these
>> configurations.
>>     
> This is a great idea. However, how do we solve Steve's problem for
> newbies to Gentoo? I am pretty sure, given Gentoo's development
> climate, that an official stage4 would Never Happen.
>   
My approach would be to make a DVD (possibly even brake into several
CD's) with two or three stage4 systems, with categories like the
graphics workstation, server etc. and just get them to install a system
preset up with a bunch commonly used applications.  With this approach
you can limit the installation to a few user specific settings.  You can
then quote in all the Linux marketing rags about how fast it is to
install ;)

Edward