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http://www.gentoo.org/

'Gentoo Linux 1.2 has been released; basic changes include
 install-related fixes and countless updates to our Portage tree, such
 as KDE 3.0.1 (20020604) and GNOME 2 (beta, 20020607) support. Note
 that GNOME 2 is still masked, but fully useable -- more information
 here and in the Gentoo Forums. New users can find install instructions
 here and ISOs and build tarballs here (and on our mirrors
 soon). Existing users need only emerge sync to be up-to-date.'

'Tux CDs is now selling Gentoo Linux 1.2 PPC, i686, and SPARC CDs for
 $3.75 USD apiece, and donating 20% of their profits from Gentoo sales
 to the Gentoo Linux project! :) Note that the i686 CD will allow a
 build from scratch for *all* systems, but also has pre-built stuff for
 i686+ CPUs.'

Roy Culley threw some tea leaves on the floor

Quote:> http://www.gentoo.org/

> 'Gentoo Linux 1.2 has been released; basic changes include
>  install-related fixes and countless updates to our Portage tree, such
>  as KDE 3.0.1 (20020604) and GNOME 2 (beta, 20020607) support. Note
>  that GNOME 2 is still masked, but fully useable -- more information
>  here and in the Gentoo Forums. New users can find install instructions
>  here and ISOs and build tarballs here (and on our mirrors
>  soon). Existing users need only emerge sync to be up-to-date.'

> 'Tux CDs is now selling Gentoo Linux 1.2 PPC, i686, and SPARC CDs for
>  $3.75 USD apiece, and donating 20% of their profits from Gentoo sales
>  to the Gentoo Linux project! :) Note that the i686 CD will allow a
>  build from scratch for *all* systems, but also has pre-built stuff for
>  i686+ CPUs.'

Cool, my dual Athalon is not far away, Gentoo here I come!

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> Yes, it is. BTW, do you know how to grab Gnome 2 rc --- it is "masked" at
> present and I can not seem to grab it. Any ideas?

Look in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask. You'll see things like:

Quote:>=gnome-base/gnome-2.0.0_beta5

Just comment out these lines. The trouble with gnome is that package
versions often have version numbers which don't reflect the gnome
release version. I'm sure you'll suss it out. Don't forget to make
a copy of package.mask first just in case ...

Also I think package.mask gets overwritten when you do a sync.

It's certainly the best OS I've ever had on this machine. Portage is really
well done. Considering how new it is, it's just going to get better too.

Matt

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:16:10 -0400, Roy Culley scribbled these words:

Quote:> http://www.gentoo.org/

> 'Gentoo Linux 1.2 has been released

<deletia>

Until recently, as in the introduction of Gentoo Linux v1.1, Debian was
my favorite distribution.  With the ease of updating the system Gentoo
Linux is destined to be very popular with both the technical crowd and
the newbies coming in the from sun scorched deserts known collectively as
"Microsoft".

Keep up the fantastic work Daniel and gang!

I don't think many newbies will find much to like about Gentoo. You have to
configure your kernel, X, sound, USB, etc etc. Distros like Mandrake do all
that and a lot more for you, you don't even think about it. Plop yourself
into Gentoo and you realize just how much there is to be done to configure
a system. Certainly some will be fine with that, but a lot of people find
Linux enough of a shock as it is without having to submerge themselves in
the deep end right off the bat.

Matt

On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:18:52 -0700, Dave Martel assert()ed:

Remember that your estimate of "a few thousand" includes at least twenty
clocks (that's a low estimate) and at least thirty e-mail clients.

In FreeBSD's ports collection there is an entire subdirectory called
'x11-clocks' with 30-40 entries in it.

Why does every man and his dog feel the need to write a clock?  That goes way
beyond offering users "choice".  Let me reword that... why does every
developer who finds that the current clocks don't meet his need, and writes
his own, feel the need to contribute it to the community?  It takes long
enough to cvsup the ports as it is...

GeneralPF

The gentoo developers agree as well and state this. At this moment in
time gentoo is not ready for everyone. gentoo is still a very young
distro but its rate of development is amazing. Anyone who has played a
bit with Linux, built the odd kernel, won't find gentoo too difficult
if they read the excellent docs on the gentoo website. xf86config is
very easy to use if you know your graphics card, the h/v frequencies
of your monitor and what type of mouse you have. As Gregory used
Debian before I'm sure gentoo was a piece of cake to install and
configure.

The Cult of Clocks?

Anyway, here's a question for you, GPF:

Why do people bother packaging all these clocks for BSD, and various
linux distros?  It's not like you can just write some little program
and it suddenly appears in all the distros.  Somebody else finds the
program useful, and contributes it to the distro(s) they use.
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