Gentoo 2005.0: A Live CD And [No] Graphical Installer

Sunsetbeach writes "zdnet.co.uk reports in this article that 'The next version of Gentoo, 2005.0, will also include a graphical installer that will allow users to automatically install the same set-up of Gentoo on multiple machines, according to Gianelloni.' " The article distinguishes the upcoming live disk from the (available) Gentoo Live CD; the new one will contain a fully functioning system ala Knoppix. Update: 11/30 23:09 GMT by M : Gentoo now has a clarification posted; the next Gentoo release will not have a graphical installer, although it is planned for the future.

Comments

Re:Gentoo becoming user friendly

[Zork the Almighty]

At the same time, portage has bloated to 100,000 files and it takes 20 times as long to update the caches. I miss the "small" Gentoo.

Re:Where's the proof.

[Gleng]

They are "optimised" in the sense that Type-R stickers "optimise" a car. ;)

I tried Gentoo out once, and I didn't notice too much of a speed increase, other than the fact that it was the first system I tried a 2.6 kernel and ReiserFS on.

Slack with a self-rolled 2.6 kernel runs about the same speed IMHO, except you don't have to wait all day for stuff to compile.