[lug] Re: Member Experiances With Knoppix

Looks like Debian it is. I have set up a couple Debian before and a
few Ububtu. Thanks all for your input.

Bruce

On 1/4/06, Sasquatch Brohan <sasquatchdied@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 04/01/06, lordSauron <lordsauronthegreat@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 1/3/06, Mike Myers <fluffymikey@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Gentoo would also make a good solution. With Gentoo, you can have an
> > > extremely minimal base system and kernel with whatever packages you
> > > need. It can also easily be remotely manged.
> >
> > Gentoo is - in my experience - reserved for those go-get-'em Linux
> > gurus who're really, really good with everything Linux. Unless
> > there's something people aren't telling me, it's VERY difficult to
> > install. Debian gives you that same bare-bones minimal base system,
> > but it's much easier to install than Gentoo - in my experience, once
> > again. My experience with Gentoo was that of a live-cd and a command
> > line, and about ~40 pages of installation instructions. I was to do
> > everything from manually format the drive to... it was painful. I
> > chickened out right after formatting the drive (with 90% of the
> > document left to me). However, if you can do Gentoo, I think it's got
> > the right idea with compiling client-side and everthing, and it looks
> > to be pretty good, so, if you can get it working, I'd say Gentoo,
> > though I could be very wrong. Debian is always a safe bet, AFAIK.
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> > --
> > ========== GCv3.12 ==========
> > GCS d-(++) s+: a? C++ UL+>++++ P+
> > L++ E--- W+(+++) N++ o? K? w--- O? M+
> > V? PS- PE+ Y-(--) PGP- t+++ 5? X R tv-- b+
> > DI+++ D+ G e* h- !r !y
> > ========= END GCv3.12 ========
> >
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> Me too for gentoo! Though I would go with SuSE to start with, as gentoo
> assumes you know an awful lot about Linux and can spare at least 48 hours to
> install it.
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> --
> -----BGCB-----
> Version: 3.1
> GCS/IT d->-- s(-):- !a C++>++++ UL++ P+>++ L++++ E--- W++ N+ o+ K w--- O M
> V- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP t+ !5 !X R tv@ b@ DI+ D+ G+ e+ h r+ y@
> ------EGCB------
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