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

Posted by timothy on from the are-those-things-even-legal dept.

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.

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  1. Too bad it needs to be COMPILED first ;) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What they don't mention in the article is, that of course the graphical installer needs to be bootstrapped before it can be used.. For that, they have included a new section in the installation guide: -1. Compiling the graphical installer.

  2. Re:Gentoo becoming user friendly by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    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.

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  3. Re:GENTOO SUCKS!!@## by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    There should be some special punishment for those that not only post only to gt first post, not only have nothing but "first post" in their post, not even stopping at the retardedness of mis-spelling first post, but also only manage to do so on the 10th fecking post!

    Dumbass!!

  4. LOL, Mod Parent Up! by JamieKitson · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Nelson: Ha-ha!

  5. Ricers! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    We all know these people are ricers and now we can also have the joy of teasing them further for having used the 'lame' graphical installer. Good work slashdot!

  6. Re:Where's the proof. by Gleng · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    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.

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  7. A graphical installer for Gentoo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The question is: Will anybody notice or care?

  8. NO Gentoo topic??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    !!! ATTENTION PLEASE !!!

    We want an own Gentoo topic on /. !
    With a dedicated Gentoo icon!!

    OTHERWISE WE'LL RE-COMPILE EVERY SINGLE BINARY OUT THERE....!!

    !!! ATTENTION PLEASE !!!

    You've been warned...
    I mean, even Corel or Amiga have there own topic!!