Archives for April 2008

Gentoo Linux 2008.0-beta1 screenshots

Because people are always curious for screenshots, have a look over at phorolinux, who has published a number of screenshots from the Gentoo Linux 2008.0-beta1 LiveCD, showing the boot screens and various stages of the installer. As this is a beta, I would recommend people who can to test the installer and report any problems […]

8 Apr 08 at 21:59 | , , | Comments: 1

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Why Gentoo?

image by Paul Downey

Recently Distrowatch editor Ladislav Bodnar complained:
I keep saying the same thing every time people come here to defend Gentoo: please write an article explaining why Gentoo is the greatest thing since sliced pickles and I’ll publish it in the next issue of DistroWatch Weekly. Or write a review. Write about your experiences […]

7 Apr 08 at 00:39 | , | Comments: 22

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How to get better help

image by Eric I.E.

Everybody needs a little help now and then. When you stumble upon a problem with Gentoo, and can’t seem to solve it through consulting the documentation (including your friend Google), there are several channels through which you can get help:

IRC, see this list of Gentoo channels
the Gentoo forums: forums.gentoo.org
the Gentoo mailing lists, […]

2 Apr 08 at 17:24 | , , | Comments: 2

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