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Watchman
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| TURK wrote: | | Like installing Windows XP, you put the installation CD in your drive, and when setup starts you can partition your harddrive, format and install the OS, all from the CD. |
You are probably thinking of other Linux distributions (RedHat, Mandrake, SuSE, etc) that have a point-n-click installer pretty much like Windows.
Gentoo is different. With Gentoo, you do the installation (and learn a whole lot in the process). The best part is you decide what goes into your OS installation, and how it is configured.
Oh, I almost forgot.
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trapperjohn
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| Quote: | | You are probably thinking of other Linux distributions (RedHat, Mandrake, SuSE, etc) that have a point-n-click installer pretty much like Windows. |
And if there will be a graphical, point-n-click installer which works the Gentoo-way of being able to choose what you want and what not, it really would be annoying because of thousands of options to choose from.
Gentoo isn't a beginners distro - maybe you should try another, newbie-friendly one, like RedHat (Fedora) or SuSE and after some work with it, you still can switch to Gentoo. I think it is the better way - so you can find out, if Linux is the right OS for you and don't have to fight through unknown territory (Gentoo-install...).
And after you switched, you appreciate Gentoos advantages 
RedHat 9 ISOs:
ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/redhat/9/en/iso/i386/
Fedora ISOs:
ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/fedora-core/1/i386/iso/
Mandrake ISOs:
ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/mandrake/iso/
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incitus
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It can get like that when u havn't sleept for 24 hours 
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Genfoo'
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