Man, I want to learn more about Linux... but I started a using Linux a few months ago... This is too difficult... I don't even know where nor how to compile my own kernel...
@theif519 It's acutally quite easy once you get your head around it. I never knew how to compile my own kernel but the guys on the gentoo.org forum talked me though it and were really helpful. It's not hard if you can follow procedures and have a decent background knowledge of Linux. On saying that though if you've only been using Linux a few months you might like to get a years worth of experience under your belt first.
I always eagerly wait for the new Lunix kernel. When I think of what compilation commands to use I get a huge boner and I ofter masturbate during the compilation. Some time ago I bought a new computer that compiles the kernel so fast I don't have time to cum. So I compile it twice.
hello, im a linux noob, i installed gentoo thru virtual box and i got it what do i do now? how do i get to the desktop, i did basicly the same as you. miminal install.
@dndepisode67 Have a look in the install manual. You basically need to emerge your X server and desktop environment. The manual goes through this step by step, it's really easy but time consuming.
I've tried a few distros, but honestly I love Gentoo so much that I'm thinking about installing it again as another partition so I can just mess around with it without worrying about screwing anything up. Don't let the vid fool you, it's actually pretty easy to install if you know how to follow instructions.
Lovely video man. Lovely. I have a quick question if you can answer for me. I just installed yesterday, and during the bootup, everything is 'OK' except my DHCP. It's telling me that the network is not found, or the driver is missing, something to that effect. Do I need to fix a config file, recompile the kernel because I did not include the driver along the way, or is there something else I need to do to fix it?
Oh yesss.... I had my fun with Gentoo 3 month at the beginning of my Apprenticeship .. so funny ... when we started we didn't even know Linux but after trying to install a BIND Secondary server for tree months I knew linux from bottom up and top down .... nice way to learn to work with linux! I think! :-)
I've been a winfag all my life, i've used ubuntu for a few days, and I'm ready to hit the fast lane for being a *nix expert by installing gentoo. Wish me luck.
@edemkrimea. When you say Linux Emulator what you mean exactly?
Gentoo has usability. Also has the fastest boot of all linux distros, kernel config is something that you cannot avoid, has portage with up of 11500 packages and i had never problem using it. Also has flags (BSD too) witch is one of the most important things. To setup Gentoo is not easy but to setup every package settings the flags etc is harder :P
I don't mean that Arch is not good. Just i prefer Gentoo :)
@aweinsto 1) I currently run and write this from gentoo amd64 with adobe flashplayer plugin installed(64bit). 2) More current 10.something 64bit version of flashplugin does not exist, thats true. Adobe desided so. 3) We cant do anything, its closed source - ask adobe. 4) And we should not. HTML5 is coming with SVG and VP8 all opensource to do things proprietary flash did before. Yet you may probably miss some flash games. And yet there is Gnash.
@edemkrimea Archlinux is actually HARDER in maintance than gentoo, breaks more often, lacks many options gentoo offers, and requires equal amount of knowledge to use. Only gentoo installation is harder than arch, but this is only because of gentoo features, which arch simply does not have. Simple makes life very hard some times. IMHO simplicity is less important than usability.
Installing gentoo as I speak, so long Windows (relief ...). Had dual boot systems before with Ubuntu and OpenSUSE, but this time I have all the programs to shift to Linux once and for all.
Eh. I tried to do a minimal install of Gentoo once, but it wasn't exactly long-lived. I think I got to compilation of the kernel when I stopped. I've used a completed system before, and yes, it is VERY fast and customizable, but it is time-consuming. Then again, with that in mind, maybe only one-eighth of the install time is actually spent at the keyboard.
I currently use Debian, but I've decided to give Gentoo another try pretty soon.
I hate it when people make videos guides (or showoffs) with an English title, with an English, but they don't explain shit in English and on the times that they do, they use a text editor and not their own voice.
Bottom line: Speak in a Language in the video that matches the Title of the Video or get the Fuck out!
@Orangez100 I used ubuntu before, try mint (didn't try it) they say it is better than ubuntu or go with opensuse which is also really good (well if you have a bigger resolution than 1650 no idea if it will work for me didn't) but fedora 12 supports my resolution of 1920X1080 and easy to install, Didn't try gentoo, already burned it and might try it soon...
Alter schwede, respekt hier^^ Wollte das auch machen, aber mit der Netzverbindung die ich hier habe ist das eine Qual, da würde das Stage3 runterladen allein schon ewigkeiten brauchen...
It is not complicated, if you understand each step.
Prepare space, set networking and up it, get stage and tarball, uncompress it, set system parameters, chroot into it, update system, generate kernel, install bootloader, add software...
Because you want something specifically tailored to you and what you want your OS to do. If that doesn't fit you, then you wouldn't so you'd choose something different -- that's fine too.
@dale456654: sometimes its easier to just install stuff you want, instead of spending days to cleaning crap out. Besides its either very functional and complex or very easy and incapable.
Why? I think it's easier than this.Gentoo has a long installation time(becouse of compiling). How is it in slackware ? (N). It always uses compiled packages... And it's not good for your system performance... Also they've similar installing without blue boxes etc and tools... i tought again that, it's similar to ( gentoo + arch ) ;)
lol Nope. Nothing is fully automated as that would be way to easy and nobody would learn anything.
You can take the approach of taking your time to learn linux by using a distro like ubuntu or you can dive right into working with linux using a distro like gentoo. lol
Both you guys, just take the plunge down! :) It's a lot of fun if you're into learning on the fly, cuz that exactly what it is. I didn't really know shit about how Linux worked. Then came Gentoo . . . I still have lots to learn, but it's helped me a ton!
If it was an exterior ip address then hackers can find out 50 miles close to your location and perhaps if they are lucky some family info or an email. If they can find an email then they can trace the email to find out the internal ip address that you registered with and then they can find out your exact location from that ip address. But these days there are not very many TRUE hackers. :-/
the ip address was clearly local and that of a router. Why would you put an external ip in tha part of your config? Just looking at it you can tell it is a generic local ip
Omg, so cool. I want to know it so fast too. Yesterday i succesfully installed gentoo minimal installation 2008 too, by manual. But it tooks soo long and after that it was compiling 400 packages 15 hours! Before i had installation by gentoo live cd, but it sucks, trust me guys.
hi im lookin for a linux distro that has no gui. GUI really pisses me off. i prefer the old DOS feeling. i want to type my term paper using vi or nano editor, i want to download porn using wget -r option,
not trying to be mean, but that average user in linux uses ubuntu. Going gentoo is true geek. I work on computers for a living and I don't feel like a geek yet. I use arch.
it doesn't make you 1337, and it's not supposed to.
it's for powerusers, geeks, and people who want extreme speed. since it's lightweight and source-based, it runs very fast, and you can configure it any way you want.
it's not that bad...i wouldn't worry about it. now you can still customize it with different drivers/components, but it's just a little more work. the livecd still works completely fine, especially if you are a linux n00b, i would recommend it.
Also, Gentoo Linux is something anyone can install. Its reputation for being difficult is wrong - it's simply *manual*. Typing in commands to download and compile applications, configuring your kernel, bootloader, filesystem, fstab, etc.
But I think any Linux user should try it just once, in virtualization (kvm and qemu are easy). It is a unique approach for Linux distros. Not for everyone like I say, but remarkably attractive if you "get it."
Look a Gentoo Linux install is almost ritualistic - it's a kind of OS kata that anyone can learn (follow the handbook).
It's not Linux from Scratch or anything, but it does allow you, as you see above, to "build" your system. It gives you many simple scripts and apps (portage) to make this possible.
It is not for everyone. But I've been running it since 2002, and I haven't found a reason to switch (and I run many other distros in emulation via KVM).
Took about the same for me (excluding partitioning, since resising my Vista partition took ~3 hours), but for older computes it can take a lot longer.
How on earth you dare to say this!! Windows is evil. People who think in such a way, just don't want to realise that there are much better systems, then theirs. I choose GNU/Linux. Now Ubuntu, in few days - Debian, and later - Gentoo Linux))
Yea... go tell Bill, and his company to stop putting viruses on their own fucking software... oh... wait... they wont do it because they WANT you to keep buying more antivirus bull shit.
With that being said... yea... keep using Windows, waste your money.
A. I run avast which is a FREE Antivirus/firewall, B. I didn't pay for the os it came on my comp, and even if it didnt there is Demonoid, C. Yeah I pay almost nothing for programs and OS.
I'm currently on my third install ( 2 previous ones on VMs ) and damn... nice ! No way I can do it without the handbook even though I have an idea of the steps involved. I really gotta learn how to use vim instead of nano, seems much more efficient once you know how it works.
I can. It's actually very easy. Try to install it ~2 times and you'll remember what you have to do to install Gentoo. And the commands... the point is in what these commands do, not what commands do that. So you should try to memorize what are you doing, not steps or commands.
Gentoo: physically fit since 2001
sanitydotorg 1 month ago
dingumfCallofDuty:s comment is priceless! It's funny cause he's serious.
Schnitz1 1 month ago
Why not add -fomit-frame-pointer flag to CFLAGS? Also FEATURES="parallel-fetch" would be useful too.
MelaAnkka 2 months ago
THX
dylf14 5 months ago
hmm.. interesting... but that guy must look like fat ugly nolifer
CSPlayerzzz 5 months ago
Install Gentoo
MermaFX 5 months ago
INSTALL GENTOO
zippie008 6 months ago
READ TUTOS (read and try to start with Arch Linux AFTER go to Gentoo)
Darkteammadfiz 7 months ago
Man, I want to learn more about Linux... but I started a using Linux a few months ago... This is too difficult... I don't even know where nor how to compile my own kernel...
theif519 8 months ago
@theif519 It's acutally quite easy once you get your head around it. I never knew how to compile my own kernel but the guys on the gentoo.org forum talked me though it and were really helpful. It's not hard if you can follow procedures and have a decent background knowledge of Linux. On saying that though if you've only been using Linux a few months you might like to get a years worth of experience under your belt first.
22ness0hayden 6 months ago
What the fucking hell, I couldn't even get past stage 1.
damthatriver09 9 months ago
Dad wars
sutchsteve 9 months ago
this is apsurd :) i will never install gentoo correct, too much information and knowlage needed :P
r4jk3 9 months ago
I always eagerly wait for the new Lunix kernel. When I think of what compilation commands to use I get a huge boner and I ofter masturbate during the compilation. Some time ago I bought a new computer that compiles the kernel so fast I don't have time to cum. So I compile it twice.
z3Ndix 10 months ago
@z3Ndix Sounds hot.
ShannonSmash 8 months ago
@z3Ndix You stole that off ED right?
MrCadefulp 6 months ago
@MrCadefulp No, I didn't steal. I copypasted.
z3Ndix 6 months ago
@z3Ndix Touché
MrCadefulp 6 months ago
hello, im a linux noob, i installed gentoo thru virtual box and i got it what do i do now? how do i get to the desktop, i did basicly the same as you. miminal install.
dndepisode67 11 months ago
@dndepisode67 re-install gentoo again(WARNING Virtual box drivers are different than the desktop)
TheSniperofDeath 11 months ago
@dndepisode67 Have a look in the install manual. You basically need to emerge your X server and desktop environment. The manual goes through this step by step, it's really easy but time consuming.
22ness0hayden 11 months ago
Fastest gentoo install I ever saw LOL.
hammyrocks69r 1 year ago
I like gentoo, even tho I installed it 2 days :D
Alnis12 1 year ago
I've tried a few distros, but honestly I love Gentoo so much that I'm thinking about installing it again as another partition so I can just mess around with it without worrying about screwing anything up. Don't let the vid fool you, it's actually pretty easy to install if you know how to follow instructions.
VR1ZZA 1 year ago
Lovely video man. Lovely. I have a quick question if you can answer for me. I just installed yesterday, and during the bootup, everything is 'OK' except my DHCP. It's telling me that the network is not found, or the driver is missing, something to that effect. Do I need to fix a config file, recompile the kernel because I did not include the driver along the way, or is there something else I need to do to fix it?
djAmored 1 year ago
ILIKcp -pETO /etc/resoMOVElv.conf ITMOgentoo/etcVEIT
win3dot1 1 year ago
From typing speed I guess you're using dvorak. :P
yanuzz3000 1 year ago
Oh yesss.... I had my fun with Gentoo 3 month at the beginning of my Apprenticeship .. so funny ... when we started we didn't even know Linux but after trying to install a BIND Secondary server for tree months I knew linux from bottom up and top down .... nice way to learn to work with linux! I think! :-)
metallian999 1 year ago
This must be played on MTV like one of best videoclips, ever! =]
ChakuZaMan 1 year ago 4
gentoo is actually really nice . I got it on my laptop.
beteigeuze1314 1 year ago
Awesome!
22ness0hayden 1 year ago
Ummm... yeah.
Looks fun :D
I've been a winfag all my life, i've used ubuntu for a few days, and I'm ready to hit the fast lane for being a *nix expert by installing gentoo. Wish me luck.
disbuylshite 1 year ago
@disbuylshite gentoo is linux not *nix dumbshit.
supadox 1 year ago
GENTOO FTW. the best linux distro. TAILORED for your specific hardware. what else do you want?
Raja221 1 year ago
If this was real-time that would be 1337
lin2k4 1 year ago
@LinuxBruiser you are pretty dumb
loldongslol1 1 year ago
wtf... you have to do all that just to INSTALL it?
grimwallace 1 year ago
Love the THX intro sound.
alreadytaken334 1 year ago 2
@edemkrimea. When you say Linux Emulator what you mean exactly?
Gentoo has usability. Also has the fastest boot of all linux distros, kernel config is something that you cannot avoid, has portage with up of 11500 packages and i had never problem using it. Also has flags (BSD too) witch is one of the most important things. To setup Gentoo is not easy but to setup every package settings the flags etc is harder :P
I don't mean that Arch is not good. Just i prefer Gentoo :)
Emberskateboard 1 year ago
what are killer features of Gentoo? Time is no money for me ,but I don't get the power of Gentoo for an average minimalist desktop user
edemkrimea 1 year ago
Why there is no flash player for Linux 64bit ?
This is Ridiculous!!!! We must do something.
aweinsto 1 year ago
@aweinsto 1) I currently run and write this from gentoo amd64 with adobe flashplayer plugin installed(64bit). 2) More current 10.something 64bit version of flashplugin does not exist, thats true. Adobe desided so. 3) We cant do anything, its closed source - ask adobe. 4) And we should not. HTML5 is coming with SVG and VP8 all opensource to do things proprietary flash did before. Yet you may probably miss some flash games. And yet there is Gnash.
lin545 1 year ago
I was gentoo user
Now only bsd user!
Stop play with penguins Play with deamons!!!!!!!
Emberskateboard 1 year ago
@Emberskateboard Linux emulator? Do you have any?
edemkrimea 1 year ago
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omg u hacker i reporting this video
assholes like you keep hacking facebook accounts and make life difficult for people
dingumfCallofDuty 1 year ago
@dingumfCallofDuty are u retarted?
rumpeldieter 1 year ago 7
@dingumfCallofDuty asshole. Do you have any fucking idea what's even going on? On that video I mean.
MelaAnkka 2 months ago
Archlinux is my favorite.I got speed and customization.Don't like compiling 'cos I am no geek just an ordinary user.
edemkrimea 1 year ago
@edemkrimea Archlinux is actually HARDER in maintance than gentoo, breaks more often, lacks many options gentoo offers, and requires equal amount of knowledge to use. Only gentoo installation is harder than arch, but this is only because of gentoo features, which arch simply does not have. Simple makes life very hard some times. IMHO simplicity is less important than usability.
lin545 1 year ago
Installing gentoo as I speak, so long Windows (relief ...). Had dual boot systems before with Ubuntu and OpenSUSE, but this time I have all the programs to shift to Linux once and for all.
Legionwizard 1 year ago
gentoo > ubuntu > windows
shadow212222 1 year ago
Eh. I tried to do a minimal install of Gentoo once, but it wasn't exactly long-lived. I think I got to compilation of the kernel when I stopped. I've used a completed system before, and yes, it is VERY fast and customizable, but it is time-consuming. Then again, with that in mind, maybe only one-eighth of the install time is actually spent at the keyboard.
I currently use Debian, but I've decided to give Gentoo another try pretty soon.
KaydenET 1 year ago
I hate it when people make videos guides (or showoffs) with an English title, with an English, but they don't explain shit in English and on the times that they do, they use a text editor and not their own voice.
Bottom line: Speak in a Language in the video that matches the Title of the Video or get the Fuck out!
commodore256 1 year ago
oh my god!!
hanmocool 1 year ago
you rock!
skerler31 1 year ago
I'm so tempted to try Gentoo out! Right now I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 and it's not as fast as I want it to be.
Orangez100 1 year ago
@Orangez100 I used ubuntu before, try mint (didn't try it) they say it is better than ubuntu or go with opensuse which is also really good (well if you have a bigger resolution than 1650 no idea if it will work for me didn't) but fedora 12 supports my resolution of 1920X1080 and easy to install, Didn't try gentoo, already burned it and might try it soon...
As for mandriva don't try it, :)
e1vedin 1 year ago
Alter schwede, respekt hier^^ Wollte das auch machen, aber mit der Netzverbindung die ich hier habe ist das eine Qual, da würde das Stage3 runterladen allein schon ewigkeiten brauchen...
NFreund 1 year ago
im interested on this system, looks a bit complicated but studying the manuals, I think it would be easy to understand.
DeathNotice87 2 years ago
@DeathNotice87:
It is not complicated, if you understand each step.
Prepare space, set networking and up it, get stage and tarball, uncompress it, set system parameters, chroot into it, update system, generate kernel, install bootloader, add software...
lin545 1 year ago
Dayum, and i thought Debian was complicated. I think i'll stick to Lenny lol
dellthinker 2 years ago
VROOM VROOM
ToasterMage 2 years ago 4
Good work , i also try install it 2 years ago but no syxxes , maybi i try again .. Good for the dyhards ;))
Cappeltje 2 years ago
Now, i'm sure i will never use gentoo XD
tresuvesdobles 2 years ago 2
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why would you do all this to install an operating system?
dale456654 2 years ago
Because you want something specifically tailored to you and what you want your OS to do. If that doesn't fit you, then you wouldn't so you'd choose something different -- that's fine too.
Ranguvar13 2 years ago 11
@dale456654: sometimes its easier to just install stuff you want, instead of spending days to cleaning crap out. Besides its either very functional and complex or very easy and incapable.
lin545 2 years ago
@dale456654 This is nothing compared with installing slackware,.....
l2afa 1 year ago
@l2afa slack is good, but with debian don't know... depends on what people like
e1vedin 1 year ago
@l2afa
Why? I think it's easier than this.Gentoo has a long installation time(becouse of compiling). How is it in slackware ? (N). It always uses compiled packages... And it's not good for your system performance... Also they've similar installing without blue boxes etc and tools... i tought again that, it's similar to ( gentoo + arch ) ;)
wxVolatileUI 1 year ago
@Dale
Performance
maroon5rule 1 year ago
you ass put it slower.fucking annoying having to pause it every second....
313c7r0idPu153 2 years ago
Its a demonstration not a tutorial.
autonomous2010 2 years ago 4
ouch
313c7r0idPu153 2 years ago
Do a real time version. not as a guide but to watch :P to some more good muzix xD
Pale091 2 years ago
Link to song?
It's remix, right?
warezakias1admin 2 years ago
respect my linux mate ;)
I think about switching to gentoo
THEBUGUSER 2 years ago
i heard you have to be kind of good with computers to deal with gentoo. is this true?
dabeshu 2 years ago
yep
Ericshiz 2 years ago
you have to know your hardware... but anyone should be able to install following the gentoo handbook.
codeastronomer 2 years ago
yeah...
I tried it out, it's kinda hard... If oyu want "gentoo delight" go with arch, there is a installation tut on youtube
winfr34k 2 years ago
thank you
dabeshu 2 years ago
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well you have to be a sorta linux guru to work with gentoo.
I would HIGHLY recommend a more USER FRIENDLY distro for beginners like ubuntu.
autonomous2010 2 years ago
ok, i did it. this is nice
dabeshu 2 years ago
@autonomous2010 openSUSE is pretty friendly
jtfunkymojo 2 years ago
unless you're stubborn as mule
after a while any one can become semi-pro at linux
aisbaa 2 years ago 2
And I recommend to learn about Gentoo, because you can make it to the fastest running system ever.
Pommes1983 2 years ago 5
WTF is this the real aleph0ne
shapeless1990 2 years ago
I did a bit newer Version with HD Quality and the actual Gentoo Version (about 1 day old from NOW xD)
you can watch it when you search for
gentoo minimal install
Vamp898 2 years ago
i love how you downloaded from TU Darmstadt, that's like half an hour from where I live :)
xqyzii 2 years ago
FOR THE NAME OF HEAVEN, CALL THAT FREAKIN MINIMUM??? WHAT THE???? WOA!!!!
you so gotta make a way to install the whole thing...hahhahahahha o.O
ThExR3V0LVER 2 years ago 2
Its not as much work as making a complete LFS.
autonomous2010 2 years ago
i think i know that...isnt it automated :|
ThExR3V0LVER 2 years ago
lol Nope. Nothing is fully automated as that would be way to easy and nobody would learn anything.
You can take the approach of taking your time to learn linux by using a distro like ubuntu or you can dive right into working with linux using a distro like gentoo. lol
autonomous2010 2 years ago
Uhm,I already have Ubuntu
ThExR3V0LVER 2 years ago
then you took the easy approach. Dont worry though I did too but I am still learning and I am no where ready for gentoo. lol
autonomous2010 2 years ago
Both you guys, just take the plunge down! :) It's a lot of fun if you're into learning on the fly, cuz that exactly what it is. I didn't really know shit about how Linux worked. Then came Gentoo . . . I still have lots to learn, but it's helped me a ton!
greenboy623 2 years ago
Yeah I hate to see what a full custom install involve! I stick to live cd and live usb stick!
madhi19 2 years ago
i finished the installation and it wont allow me to log in it say user name/password incorrect
2dumb2care 2 years ago
my installation stops at scanning for wd7000...
grindintobits 2 years ago
Awesome music. 5/5 Just for the awesome music. xD
autonomous2010 2 years ago
Awesome! o.o
DeathNotice87 2 years ago
How long does it take to install Gentoo? (Assuming you are properly compiling/configuring software).
darthirakli 2 years ago
Basic setup to get the system running (without X and such)? Around 3-4 hours.
dotTomi 2 years ago
Depends on the hardware really. I got a fully working system with Xorg and gnome-light in about 3 hours from a stage3 install.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.67ghz.
2gb ram 800mhz.
Rika4chan 2 years ago
i got a amd sempron 2.0ghz and 3.5 ddr1 ram and mine finished around 2 hours
2dumb2care 2 years ago
Hah, I have an amd athlon 1.4 and mine took 5 days. xD
greenboy623 2 years ago
why the hell would you tell us your ip address
jackeddemon 2 years ago
why does it matter? It's just a local address
happygoron 2 years ago
If it was an exterior ip address then hackers can find out 50 miles close to your location and perhaps if they are lucky some family info or an email. If they can find an email then they can trace the email to find out the internal ip address that you registered with and then they can find out your exact location from that ip address. But these days there are not very many TRUE hackers. :-/
autonomous2010 2 years ago
the ip address was clearly local and that of a router. Why would you put an external ip in tha part of your config? Just looking at it you can tell it is a generic local ip
happygoron 2 years ago
Well the odds of somebody even caring to hack somebody's IP are very slim unless somebody has a grudge on them.
I can destroy somebody's life by using their internal ip of their computer but what would be the point? What would I get out of it?
A good hacker will be very deceptive once they have full access to a computer anything is possible.
An even better hacker will hack from another computer they hacked so they won't get caught.
autonomous2010 2 years ago
sucks fuckin ass
map2j 2 years ago
Omg, so cool. I want to know it so fast too. Yesterday i succesfully installed gentoo minimal installation 2008 too, by manual. But it tooks soo long and after that it was compiling 400 packages 15 hours! Before i had installation by gentoo live cd, but it sucks, trust me guys.
gadelat2 2 years ago
btw, what application records framebuffer console?
contingentmalice 2 years ago
it is a vmware machine and he probably just used fraps or the like to record it :P
happygoron 2 years ago
oh god, this is cheesy beyond all belief.
but 5 stars, because I now have a soundtrack playing in my head for every new install or for every time portage corrupts something.
contingentmalice 2 years ago
nice :-D
ribald1322 2 years ago
Ha you have taken the THX theme for the start of your show,funny.
openSUSElizard 2 years ago
turn off POST in your BIOS, and gentoo only takes 9 seconds to load all the way up to the desktop...
Epsand 2 years ago
for a linux noob like me, that looked totally badass. lol.
indokronik 2 years ago
i want gentoo so bad... i don;t understand why they did this for the setup.
Safari1096 2 years ago
it is made this way so the os is completely optimized for your computer.
happygoron 2 years ago 2
There is an installer also if you don't want to build it manually. It's pretty much point and click
icfnord 2 years ago
hi im lookin for a linux distro that has no gui. GUI really pisses me off. i prefer the old DOS feeling. i want to type my term paper using vi or nano editor, i want to download porn using wget -r option,
downwiz2 2 years ago 8
then gentoo is for you...
jackofwack 2 years ago 3
you can use Arch Linux and later move to gentoo
libed91 2 years ago
Any linux distro is for you. Just make sure to remove any window managers from your default runlevel, and voila!
greenboy623 2 years ago
I use linux instead of windows but I dont use gentoo.
Not that there is anything wrong with gentoo. xD
I just prefer puppy linux but I am thinking about going to ubuntu again for a while so I can finish my LFS distro.
I know... I am a geek now. xD But whats wrong with that!?!?
autonomous2010 2 years ago
not trying to be mean, but that average user in linux uses ubuntu. Going gentoo is true geek. I work on computers for a living and I don't feel like a geek yet. I use arch.
LinuxBruiser 2 years ago 11
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lin545 2 years ago
@LinuxBruiser
You need to:
1. Stop being a faggot.
2. Install Gentoo.
Schnitz1 1 year ago
@Schnitz1
1. I have a Gentoo Install with KDE 4 that I did for fun
2. You need to grow up
LinuxBruiser 1 year ago
@Schnitz1 fucking maths dude, I despise those pesky maths
porkyminch01 1 year ago
@LinuxBruiser lmfao I use Arch as well. But Gentoo is good.
FearedBliss 11 months ago
@LinuxBruiser Arch Linux is unstable. I've seen geeker than that (LFS is really for geek and it's full VANILLA).
Darkteammadfiz 7 months ago
@Darkteammadfiz Dude that was a year ago. ATM i'm using slacks
LinuxBruiser 6 months ago
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@downwiz2
"i want to download porn using wget -r option, " looooooooool
xxlpaulolxx 1 year ago
@downwiz2 But wouldn't a image viewer be required?
MrCadefulp 1 year ago
to many work for me
i stay to opensuse
i hope gentoo will in the future create an easy install but i dont see that coming so quick right ?
1982NLD 2 years ago
Gentoo now has a LiveCD. The install much, much, easier. Still fully custom. Check it out!
CharlieOscarDeltaOne 2 years ago
It is very easy to use, and much more versatile than most distros.
Ormaaj 2 years ago
portage is awesome
happygoron 2 years ago
it doesn't make you 1337, and it's not supposed to.
it's for powerusers, geeks, and people who want extreme speed. since it's lightweight and source-based, it runs very fast, and you can configure it any way you want.
lemonlaw95 2 years ago 11
That was hell of a configuring... O.o
So, in the end, is it worth it? Having everything optimized manually? :?
Stormweaverbg 2 years ago
I woud not waste time like that :-D
I would prepare all possible to make instalation fastest.
I like you are crazy master of this instalation :-D
Bramborail 3 years ago
nano? wat
TehRassah 3 years ago
what about gentoo installation with GUI it's the same right? but more simple....
martmelee 3 years ago
i think gentoo doesnt got any gui installer.
bam88 3 years ago
the livecd does, but I'm not sure why you would want that...less customization.
monotonespectrum 3 years ago
crap... I did not know the LiveCD limits the customization... damn it!
so... what do I do now? throw my LiveCD away and download some other thing?
I really want to start using Gentoo, I am using Mandriva 2009 at the moment.
notoriousvcm 3 years ago
it's not that bad...i wouldn't worry about it. now you can still customize it with different drivers/components, but it's just a little more work. the livecd still works completely fine, especially if you are a linux n00b, i would recommend it.
monotonespectrum 3 years ago
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Don't waste your time with compiling...
Warlock874 3 years ago
Also, Gentoo Linux is something anyone can install. Its reputation for being difficult is wrong - it's simply *manual*. Typing in commands to download and compile applications, configuring your kernel, bootloader, filesystem, fstab, etc.
But I think any Linux user should try it just once, in virtualization (kvm and qemu are easy). It is a unique approach for Linux distros. Not for everyone like I say, but remarkably attractive if you "get it."
Quag7 3 years ago 4
Look a Gentoo Linux install is almost ritualistic - it's a kind of OS kata that anyone can learn (follow the handbook).
It's not Linux from Scratch or anything, but it does allow you, as you see above, to "build" your system. It gives you many simple scripts and apps (portage) to make this possible.
It is not for everyone. But I've been running it since 2002, and I haven't found a reason to switch (and I run many other distros in emulation via KVM).
For my purposes, Gentoo *still* rocks.
Quag7 3 years ago
I hear you! Thank you, finally, FINALLY I see someone saying something that encourages me even more to switch to Gentoo.
notoriousvcm 3 years ago
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Exactly why I like windows better. I like my installs THIS YEAR!
dudesk099 3 years ago
A typical Gentoo installation takes me 12-18 hours, 8 of it while I sleep, and maybe 2 at the actual keyboard.
This argument continues to fail to impress me.
Quag7 3 years ago
Use a precompiled distro like Ubuntu, Debian, Open SUSE, Fedora, DSL, Puppy etc. if you need a working install in under 1 hour.
calrogman 3 years ago
Mine Ubuntu installation took 15 minutes :)
dragonny4master 3 years ago
Took about the same for me (excluding partitioning, since resising my Vista partition took ~3 hours), but for older computes it can take a lot longer.
calrogman 3 years ago
I did, but I think I'm ready to use something better than those precompiled distros
notoriousvcm 3 years ago
How on earth you dare to say this!! Windows is evil. People who think in such a way, just don't want to realise that there are much better systems, then theirs. I choose GNU/Linux. Now Ubuntu, in few days - Debian, and later - Gentoo Linux))
DmitrijFAE 3 years ago
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I dual boot ubuntu and vista. No problems because the laptop was BUILT FOR WINDOWS VISTA!
dudesk099 3 years ago
Yea... go tell Bill, and his company to stop putting viruses on their own fucking software... oh... wait... they wont do it because they WANT you to keep buying more antivirus bull shit.
With that being said... yea... keep using Windows, waste your money.
To me, two hours of instal is way better than:
1. U$800.00 + Dollars of OS SoftWare
2. U$300.00 +/- Dollars of AV Software
3. Copyright bullshit.
Fuck the corporate world.
Fuck MicroSoft.
notoriousvcm 3 years ago 15
A. I run avast which is a FREE Antivirus/firewall, B. I didn't pay for the os it came on my comp, and even if it didnt there is Demonoid, C. Yeah I pay almost nothing for programs and OS.
dudesk099 3 years ago
A. I refuse to give you any reply as to what you have done.
B. I could care less, I was not referring to what YOU do.
C. Do what ever you want. I use Linux, you use what ever you want.
Period, and end of conversation.
notoriousvcm 3 years ago 5
@notoriousvcm Okay ill use my Windows gladly =D
MiscellCollections 1 year ago
I do a Stage1 in about a day (unless you compile it on a i586, then it takes about a week).
..but when it's done, it's tuned for that specific architecture and it runs rather well.
I use Gentoo on most of my servers, ranging from a P233MMX to a P4.
If you want help, your best bet is the forums. Just don't be a smartass in there. Listen and Learn.
--Simba7
Simba0000007 3 years ago 2
How long did this actually take?
Steven707 3 years ago
Please always install Gentoo from the online handbook!
Gentoo is almost cutting edge and rapid changing.
Do not rely on your memory, because mechanisms may change every weeks or months.
aleph0ne 3 years ago
does anyone know the hardware requirements for Gentoo 2008
Ericshiz 3 years ago
A computer, a screen, and maybe a mouse.
Hope this helps :]
Youthinkyouralone 3 years ago
oh wait i found one... cool now i can install it and show all ma friends lol.
Ericshiz 3 years ago
i just got gentoo linux 2008, and i am an oober noob so i need to figure out where the hand book is for installing that
Ericshiz 3 years ago
nice
whts name of this song ?
fareskko 3 years ago
I'm currently on my third install ( 2 previous ones on VMs ) and damn... nice ! No way I can do it without the handbook even though I have an idea of the steps involved. I really gotta learn how to use vim instead of nano, seems much more efficient once you know how it works.
nox514 3 years ago
mmmm i think that nobody in the whole world can install gentoo without the handbook.
am i wrong?
i mean you´d have to memorize all the steps!!!
please reply.
martmelee 3 years ago
I can. It's actually very easy. Try to install it ~2 times and you'll remember what you have to do to install Gentoo. And the commands... the point is in what these commands do, not what commands do that. So you should try to memorize what are you doing, not steps or commands.
ErnestasL 3 years ago 2
mmm well i´ll give it a try, and see if i can memorize the commands.. :)
thank you for the reply.
martmelee 3