Hey Thank You!!!

twiley · n00b Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 14

Hello,

My apologies to the admin if this is off topic or if its not ok to post something like this here.

This is my first post on Gentoo forums. I just wanted to pop in and say thank you. I installed Gentoo on an old pc as a test before I tried on my better machines. The machine I installed on is a Compaq Deskpro P2. With an upgrade main HD to run the os and other PCI upgrades like eth0, sound & video cards. I tried the first time to install with the old version 2005.1 but was running into all kinds of problems. I decide to try 2006.0 and the GLI gui installer. What the hay if it failed I could install manually. Well 36+ hours I left it running. It seemed to hang at times but the HD light kept blinking so I knew it was doing something even thought the progress bar never really moved. Well after the 36+ hours Gentoo installed with all the extra packages w/o failure or errors. This was well worth the wait. I am very impressed with everything so far. The Handbook and these forums have helped me with every problem I have had so far on packages I forgot to install.

Thank you!!!

Tim Wiley

at240 · l33t Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 603 Location: UK

Flattery will get you everywhere!

Seriously, welcome to gentoo.

jmbsvicetto · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:30 pm Post subject:

swooshOnLn · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject:

what a nice first post :-p
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stealthgun · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject:

yes, most first post are questions.. so this one is very nice

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at240 · l33t Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Posts: 603 Location: UK

... although it's in the wrong forum.

Ah well, nobody's perfect.

swooshOnLn · Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject:

tomk · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:21 am Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Gentoo Chat.
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Omega21 · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:42 am Post subject:

At least your first post wasn't "Why im dropping my recommendation of gentoo" or "Im thinking about leaving gentoo." :lol:

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DieselPower · Apprentice Joined: 26 Oct 2005 Posts: 216 Location: TN

Yes, We need more "born linux gurus" like you around here! Even I had to ask a stupid question fo my first post

emerge_myself · n00b Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Posts: 3

I think I'll piggy back my thank you also on this thread instead of creating a new thread

. First post for me also.

I have installed gentoo on a couple of machines a few times ( includes a few botched installs) and am pretty familiar with it ( I probably can do it without reading the handbook

). I have found the documentation to be excellent and the forums helpful. I found answers to all my questions on gentoo wiki and forums without having to make a post

.
I think gentoo is probably easier to use than some other distros out there. The system is simple and efficient. Its tolerant to screw ups. Its the only distro I think where I the 32 bit apps work so well along with the 64 bit ones. A downside might be the the long compile times, but I dont mind that since my system can do that when I am at work.

In short, Thank you devs and forum contributors. Without the community this would not be such a great distro.

BTW I am running a ~amd64 system on my desktop. The 2 OS's on it current are gentoo amd64 and an older gentoo x86 (stable) install. So I am completely Windows free

jmbsvicetto · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject:

emerge_myself, welcome aboard also.

PS - Don't feel obligated to be "windows free", I wouldn't want to be without my XGL!!! :lol:

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