Posted by: Jem Matzan
on September 17, 2004 12:47 AM
I was going to say more about Gentoo as a server, with some specific examples. Instead I took those parts out of this review and made them into a whole separate article/case study on using Gentoo as a production server OS. It ought to be here on Linux.com next week sometime.
The emerge X.org deal was not intended to be a command -- I was using "emerge" as a verb, not as a terminal command. An editor changed that to put code tags around it, thus changing the intended meaning.
I was envisioning a Bash script that asks you the same questions that the installation guide does. The only difference between the script and doing it the old way is the amount of reading the manual and typing or copying in commands required. It's much easier for me if I don't have to sit there and babysit an installation, constantly looking up what to do next. Even having installed Gentoo so many times, I can't do it from memory without leaving something out.
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Posted by: Jem Matzan on September 17, 2004 12:47 AMThe emerge X.org deal was not intended to be a command -- I was using "emerge" as a verb, not as a terminal command. An editor changed that to put code tags around it, thus changing the intended meaning.
I was envisioning a Bash script that asks you the same questions that the installation guide does. The only difference between the script and doing it the old way is the amount of reading the manual and typing or copying in commands required. It's much easier for me if I don't have to sit there and babysit an installation, constantly looking up what to do next. Even having installed Gentoo so many times, I can't do it from memory without leaving something out.
-Jem
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