Posted by: Administrator
on September 21, 2004 06:57 AM
Hi all,
I've been a recent convert to Gentoo, coming from years on the learning-curve of RedHat, Debain and other wannabe-distros.
My first encounter with Gentoo was obviously the install doco. I thought it was necessarily concise and very well written. It covered the logic to install for a newbie but at the same time for an experienced user.
The pointers over and to sections were well placed and clear. It does what I previously thought impossible by allowing all types of users to install all types of configurations. It is a difficult task, writing documentation, and usually not too fun, so to make it effective at the same time takes talent and deep understanding.
I must say, I'll be supporting Gentoo for sometime from now, and a lot to do with that pledge is the superb documentation, the centrepiece of the Gentoo experience.
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Posted by: Administrator on September 21, 2004 06:57 AMI've been a recent convert to Gentoo, coming from years on the learning-curve of RedHat, Debain and other wannabe-distros.
My first encounter with Gentoo was obviously the install doco. I thought it was necessarily concise and very well written. It covered the logic to install for a newbie but at the same time for an experienced user.
The pointers over and to sections were well placed and clear. It does what I previously thought impossible by allowing all types of users to install all types of configurations. It is a difficult task, writing documentation, and usually not too fun, so to make it effective at the same time takes talent and deep understanding.
I must say, I'll be supporting Gentoo for sometime from now, and a lot to do with that pledge is the superb documentation, the centrepiece of the Gentoo experience.
Well done Sven!
d.
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