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hollovoid7
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Very cool, looks like im gonna be updating profile when I get home 
Congrats on release!
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shprauff
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:59 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for this new release
Just one question, for hardened users, is the new profile the last one ([13]) ?
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[1] default-linux/x86/2006.1
[2] default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop
[3] default-linux/x86/2007.0
[4] default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop
[5] hardened/x86/2.6 *
[6] selinux/2007.0/x86
[7] selinux/2007.0/x86/hardened
[8] default/linux/x86/2008.0
[9] default/linux/x86/2008.0/desktop
[10] default/linux/x86/2008.0/developer
[11] default/linux/x86/2008.0/no-nptl
[12] default/linux/x86/2008.0/server
[13] hardened/linux/x86 |
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krinn
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: |
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It seems i am the only one disturb by this, but
"Why the hell you drop gnome for xcfe?"
For me the livecd, livedvd is totally useless for gentoo users, maybe a kind of help for the lazzy ones to install gentoo on another computer, but as gentoo update itself, we don't care of a 2008 release.
Considering that, why i'm happy to see a livecd/dvd release : well because i think it's a window for new users, so they can see gentoo running and try/wish to install it. This is perfect to let the community grow and assure long live to gentoo.
Following that logic: why gentoo want to show to people that don't have gentoo, a less-user friendly xcfe than the commonly used kde or gnome ???
Good work guys, but i think that choice was a mistake. |
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plazmid
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:29 am Post subject: gui-installer |
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| gui installer not work, install to grub configure and failed... no find kernel file. Hm... |
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gentoo-dev
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:40 am Post subject: Re: gui-installer |
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| plazmid wrote: | | gui installer not work, install to grub configure and failed... no find kernel file. Hm... |
Nothin new here. Do yourself a favor, use sysrescueCD as boot media and grab a stage3 from funtoo.org |
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cwr
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:54 am Post subject: Re: gui-installer |
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| gentoo-dev wrote: | | plazmid wrote: | | gui installer not work, install to grub configure and failed... no find kernel file. Hm... |
Nothin new here. Do yourself a favor, use sysrescueCD as boot media and grab a stage3 from funtoo.org |
The 2008.0 stage3 and portage snapshot are available from the usual mirrors, and they very nearly build. The only glitch I can
find in "emerge --verbose --fetchonly --emptytree gnome" is the glibc library, whose patch file is missing. Set it to ~x86 and all
is well. (You may also have to dig a bit for the timezone stuff, but google will find it).
Will |
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Nephilim666
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:05 am Post subject: Re: gui-installer |
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| gentoo-dev wrote: | | plazmid wrote: | | gui installer not work, install to grub configure and failed... no find kernel file. Hm... |
Nothin new here. Do yourself a favor, use sysrescueCD as boot media and grab a stage3 from funtoo.org |
Why should he use funtoo when they just released a new official install media??
@plazmid: Just use the new 2008 livecd, open a terminal and do a normal manual install. The graphical installer had its problems in the past and obviously still has some in the new release.  |
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anz
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks alot ... I 've just crashed grub (I am such a fooool) ... looked for a gentoo minimal cd iso to repair ...
and ... surprise ... got >>THE GENTOO 2008.0 ISO<< .
... and with that nice eselect the system profile also has been updated!
GREAT!
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slackline
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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Great work on getting the release out, torrent is downloading and I'll leave it seeding.
| krinn wrote: | It seems i am the only one disturb by this, but
"Why the hell you drop gnome for xcfe?"
For me the livecd, livedvd is totally useless for gentoo users, maybe a kind of help for the lazzy ones to install gentoo on another computer, but as gentoo update itself, we don't care of a 2008 release.
Considering that, why i'm happy to see a livecd/dvd release : well because i think it's a window for new users, so they can see gentoo running and try/wish to install it. This is perfect to let the community grow and assure long live to gentoo.
Following that logic: why gentoo want to show to people that don't have gentoo, a less-user friendly xcfe than the commonly used kde or gnome ???
Good work guys, but i think that choice was a mistake. |
Could you justify why you feel Xfce is less user-firendly than GNOME or KDE? Or is it simply that you feel that it is less user-friendly? Do you/have you used anything but GNOME/KDE in the past?
With increasing bloat in both KDE and GNOME using Xfce as the default for the LIveCD to get people up and running allows valuable space within the limits of a CD for other more important system libraries etc. There is nothing stopping people from installing GNOME or KDE straight away, and I'd hope that even a n00b would be able to suss out that to get GNOME or KDE they would simply have to run 'emerge [gnome-light|gnome|kde]' to get things installed if they want to.
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Evincar
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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I am sure you will like this Phoronix article as "much" as me:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=gentoo_2008&num=1
Don't miss the forum thread, they are really slamming Michael 
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agaffney
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: [NEWS] Gentoo Linux 2008.0 released |
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| square_ wrote: | | dberkholz wrote: | | Quote: | | The 2008.0 final release is out! Code-named "It's got what plants crave..." |
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electrolytes? |
I'm glad somebody got the joke  |
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agaffney
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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| krinn wrote: | | "Why the hell you drop gnome for xcfe?" |
The main reason was for space. Xfce instead of Gnome gave us over 100MB to play with, and we needed it as everything got bigger since 2007.0.
Also, the default Xfce looks a lot better than the default Gnome |
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leoncamel
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Oh... Yeah...
The most exciting news for months..
Thanks you all..... |
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gnilor
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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woohooo party
/me torrents the livecd and connects some stray hardware to test this new gentoo baby
looks like some solid good news, thanks. |
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bob doe
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| d2_racing wrote: | | bob doe wrote: | I only have one question...
Where's the stage2!! |
Sure, download the Stage 3 tarball, change your use flags and run this :
Voila you have a Stage 2 |
Ok I'll look into that... but still. Why is there not a stage2? There has always been one, even in the beta_2 |
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atrus123
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the release all! |
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agaffney
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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| bob doe wrote: | | Ok I'll look into that... but still. Why is there not a stage2? There has always been one, even in the beta_2 |
Both stage1 and stage2 have been unsupported for a long time now and you can do a "stage2 install" (if you really want to for some weird reason) from a stage3 tarball. |
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sLumpia
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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thank you, can't wait to test it on my friend's pc.
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| Does minimal have mc now? I think I read some bug about it. Can't download right now to check... |
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coolsnowmen
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: [NEWS] Gentoo Linux 2008.0 released |
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| Hamsterkill wrote: | | square_ wrote: | | dberkholz wrote: | | Quote: | | The 2008.0 final release is out! Code-named "It's got what plants crave..." |
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electrolytes? |
Is that supposed to be a reference to "Idiocracy"? |
HAHAHAH, How could it not be?
Where else in entertainment/literature/the internet do plants crave electrolytes?
I'm sure after a couple of cases of brawndo, everything will be clearer.
"Brawndo: because you can't drink a car battery"
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commander_crash
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: Awesome |
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That's great news - can't wait to get back to my PC and upgrade.
Question: If I'm currently running 2008 beta 2, do I need to do anything beyond just the emerge updates? |
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mark_alec
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: Re: Awesome |
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| commander_crash wrote: | | Question: If I'm currently running 2008 beta 2, do I need to do anything beyond just the emerge updates? |
Nope, if you --sync and --update world, you will more up to date than 2008.0 
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scouter389
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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Great Job, Release Engineering! Thanks for all your hard work.
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sonicbhoc
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:03 am Post subject: |
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Quick random question: Do drivers for the Intel 3945 wireless cards exist on this liveCD?
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dberkholz
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| sonicbhoc wrote: | | Quick random question: Do drivers for the Intel 3945 wireless cards exist on this liveCD? |
They should. |
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