Peter wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:58:51 -0700, ray wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:34:21 +0000, Tim wrote:
>>
>>> Buh bye.
>>
>> I'm sorry you had trouble. I followed the gentoo install book and the
>> wiki for mini-itx and had no big difficulties. It did take the better
>> part of a week to get everything up and installed properly, but I feel it
>> was well worth the effort.
>
> Took me almost three weeks. At first I thought there was no value in this
> system and method. As I learned more about portage, I discovered that the
> 50 or so packages I maintained for myself and others in Slackware could be
> automatically done here with minor tweaking. Yes, some ports are out of
> date (xscreensaver, ROX libraries), but easy enough to fix once I got the
> hang of it. I was especially impressed with the fact I could cvs using
> ebuild!
>
> Lastly, it was a real plus to find things like zip encryption and
> cryptoloop extensions already patched into zip and mount, etc. These I had
> to do separately on my own previously.
>
> Gentoo definitely takes a lot of work to get going, and my first reaction
> was "this is not worth it." I now use it full time.
>
> Regards, and patience!

I've tried to leave for other distro's, but always have come back. No more
searching for me. Gentoo rocks!

Bigbob