Re: LUG: Gentoo 10.0 (x86) on IBM ThinkPad T43 - Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:41:51 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: Gentoo 10.0 (x86) on IBM ThinkPad T43

From : Sara Posey <srposey@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:41:51 -0400

Minimal doesn't. Minimal has you download the stage tarball and the
tree. I think there are more advantages to downloading the tree during
the install than using an older tree from install media.

The portage tree only has the list of packages, when you install
something it downloads it then.

You'll want to at least look over the documentation before starting to
install Gentoo. It isn't as simple as just installing Gentoo and then
installing xfce, you first have to get it to boot and then install X.

Daniel Underwood wrote:
> Sara (or anyone else who knows the answer),
>
> Does the minimal CD include the portage tree? If not, what's the
> quickest way to fetch and build xfce once Gentoo is installed? (Never
> used Gentoo before, but I've used FreeBSD for some time. Just want to
> give Gentoo a try.)
>
> At the moment, I don't have time to really dive into the Gentoo
> Handbook. Too many school deadlines this week. So I apologize if my
> questions is a bit "RTFM" :)
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>

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