To be fair, I found the newish Ubuntu Graphical Installer to totally suck also. It seemed to require more than 256 Meg otherwise it would slowly and painfully grind to a halt.
By contrast, I've just installed Dapper on a 128 MB, 5-year old (at least) machine with no problems - well, no problems after I realised that the Imation discs I was burning the image on were shit. After burning a working installation disc (Verbatim), the graphical installer was a breeze.
Just a question of clarification: when you say "we still have a ways to go", are you talking about Gentoo specifically or linux in general? I only know linux vaguely (and a slashdot reader too!) and Gentoo not at all, but my impression from this and other discussions is that not all linux distros are created equal (or at least, some are more equal than others) and that some - Ubuntu, say - are worthy desktop OSs.
Which suggests - PSWii controller aside - that the biggest (perhaps only) differences in the machines are the price and the logo. Question then is whether the market agrees with Sony's assessment that its console brand is worth $100-$200 more than Microsoft's.
Beauty is clearly in the eye of the beholder. What you consider to be signs that Sony are "well on their way to a third" are to others no more than smoke and mirrors.
Personally, I'm starting to get a little nervous that a 2006 delivery ain't gonna happen.
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By contrast, I've just installed Dapper on a 128 MB, 5-year old (at least) machine with no problems - well, no problems after I realised that the Imation discs I was burning the image on were shit. After burning a working installation disc (Verbatim), the graphical installer was a breeze.
Just a question of clarification: when you say "we still have a ways to go", are you talking about Gentoo specifically or linux in general? I only know linux vaguely (and a slashdot reader too!) and Gentoo not at all, but my impression from this and other discussions is that not all linux distros are created equal (or at least, some are more equal than others) and that some - Ubuntu, say - are worthy desktop OSs.
Besides, I just have to wait 6 months for the Xbox 360 GTA version anyway.
Or not.
Which suggests - PSWii controller aside - that the biggest (perhaps only) differences in the machines are the price and the logo. Question then is whether the market agrees with Sony's assessment that its console brand is worth $100-$200 more than Microsoft's.
For those with 360s - and without trying to incite a flamewar - I'm curious how some of the PS3 features (esp graphical ability) compare?
Beauty is clearly in the eye of the beholder. What you consider to be signs that Sony are "well on their way to a third" are to others no more than smoke and mirrors. Personally, I'm starting to get a little nervous that a 2006 delivery ain't gonna happen.