kjordan2001 Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 Is there a full install CD image with everything in it? Or is Gentoo strictly for a small install image that downloads the packages off the internet right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 I think, Gentoo Linux doesn't has the packages in the CD yet. But, you can put a lot of stuff on the CD and drop those in the /usr/portage/distfiles. Doesn't portage look at /usr/portage/distfiles first, before use the internet to download? I highly recommend you to register, visit and post over at http://forums.gentoo.org and ask any of questions relate to Gentoo Linux. The community of Gentoo Linux will help you as well. BTW: I never use Gentoo Linux, but I have read the docs long time ago. It's near similar to FreeBSD's ports system such as distfiles and etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted December 10, 2002 Author Share Posted December 10, 2002 Doesn't portage look at /usr/portage/distfiles first, before use the internet to download? Not sure on that as I'm just looking at it. Planning to dual boot and I'm checking out distros. Redhat and Mandrake look nice for their easiness of use (which I don't care about, in fact, I'm a glutten for punishment :D ) However, bluecurve does look nice and I took a peek at Redhat 8.0, which I must say, I'm very impressed with the desktop on. Very smooth fonts and a very nice default scheme. But, as I've used Slackware before in the past, I'm sort of biased towards it. I was sort of waiting for 9.0 of Slackware to come out, but they're very slow at putting out the next version, although I have looked at 8.1 before and liked it. Gentoo interests me very much though and I would like to see what all the hype is about. Installing over the internet isn't my favorite way of doing things so I was just wondering if there was a full cd (or a way to do one). Guess I'll pop over to their forum (thanks for pointing me to this, looked on their site a lot before, but never really looked for a forum link) since they have one. I guess slackware got rid of their forum though, hadn't been on there in a while, used to check it out once in a while. Hope Slackware isn't starting to die off, be a shame to see such a nice distro go :cry: . Just haven't seen as many updates as they used to do a while back. [EDIT] After spending a minute over at the gentoo forums, I found this post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=25681 which says that the "stage" files can be found here: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribut...es/1.4_rc1/x86/ Although I'm not sure how these stages work. Off to do more reading :D [/EDIT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 However, bluecurve does look nice and I took a peek at Redhat 8.0, which I must say, I'm very impressed with the desktop on. You can download the bluecurve theme and put it in the Gnome 2.xx. Very smooth fonts and a very nice default scheme. I agree, it's very sweet about font. It's from www.fontconfig.org, which it's already included in XFree86's CVS version. Will be come with XFree86 v4.3 as well. I already have Xft2/Fontconfig installed in FreeBSD and I love it! Hope Slackware isn't starting to die off, be a shame to see such a nice distro go :cry: . Just haven't seen as many updates as they used to do a while back. I doubt, Slackware will die and never will.. It's best Linux distro that I have tried. [EDIT]After spending a minute over at the gentoo forums, I found this post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=25681 which says that the "stage" files can be found here: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribut...es/1.4_rc1/x86/ Although I'm not sure how these stages work. Off to do more reading :D [/EDIT] Oh, I thought you mean by package of apps instead stages.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted December 11, 2002 Author Share Posted December 11, 2002 Oh, I thought you mean by package of apps instead stages.. Well, it's basically the same thing. As I understand it, you can choose different types of installations (stages) that give you more control over which packages you install. From stage 1 (full install) to stage 3 (you select what you want). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhut Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 You don't get any additional packages by starting with a different stage tarball. Starting with a stage 1 tarball just means that you have to do more downloading and compiling to get the base system. You don't get X or anything. Even with a stage 3 tarball you have to download and compile a kernel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakillernz Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 I'm sure there is something on the Gentoo forums about it, but here is a very basic rundown on the three Gentoo stages: Stage 1: Use this is you want complete control over absolutly everything. It builds the system from the compiler up. It takes the longest, and you download the most but you get to use any compiler settings you want for the very base system. If you have the time, this is the stage to start from. Stage 2: This stage is basically stage 1 completed and that's it. Using this will save you some time (Around 1 1/2 hours on my AthlonXP) but it wont be as optimised as if you started from Stage 1. With this stage, you start with downloading the rest of the system files, compiling them and installing them. Once this stage is finished, you basically have a working system, minus a few extra steps. Stage 3: This is just Stages 1 & 2 already done. It saves a lot of time, but you don't get a fully optimised system out of it. Note: Stage 3 means a working system, but not a finished one. Most people will want to add something. For example, it does not include Xfree68 nor any desktop environments. You also have to compile the Kernel seperatly. For more, and most likely better, information -- see the Gentoo forums at http://forums.gentoo.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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