<DIV>Hi, John</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks, indeed it is very helpful. I downloaded the Universal CD, and will get around to installing it sometime this week. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks, Ron<BR><BR><B><I>John Seth <johnseth@phoenixwing.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I may need to be corrected, it's been a few weeks since I've looked at<BR>Gentoo's site, but since the release of their newest version...<BR><BR>The minimal CD is basically a rescue CD for crashed systems, and one that<BR>can be used to run linux without installing.<BR><BR>The Package CD I believe is similar to the old Gentoo Stage 1 or Stage 2<BR>CD, I don't recall which, in that, it allows you to get your new linux<BR>system installed faster by installing precompiled packages onto your<BR>system. If you want a quick install, the Package CD is needed.<BR><BR>Then there's the Universal CD, which will get you up and running and ready<BR>to install your system along the way via compiling each piece of software.<BR>This is the long way, and in my personal opinion, the best.<BR><BR>I haven't used the new Gentoo install system yet, as I'm in process of<BR>moving and don't have any!
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play :-\ Basically, I would suggest<BR>thoroughly reading the 2005.1 release documentation as it describes the<BR>new installation and booting procedure, as well as the differences between<BR>the three disks.<BR><BR>http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/handbook-x86.xml<BR><BR>Hope that helps :)<BR><BR>- Tony<BR><BR><BR>> Hi, John<BR>> They show three, a minimalCD, universalCD, and a packageCD. I did not<BR>> notice any info on the difference between universal and package. Do you<BR>> have an idea? I downloaded universal anyways, I think I may have an older<BR>> version of it somewheres but what the heck, I'll download the new one.<BR>><BR>> Ron<BR>><BR>> John Seth <JOHNSETH@PHOENIXWING.COM>wrote:<BR>> Slackware, one of the oldest distributions known, and not the most<BR>> user-friendly installs, is still free to download and update. In recent<BR>> years, Slackware has released many updates for security flaws and such.<BR>> New !
software
versions are usually kept up to date in their beta (-current)<BR>> and testing venues.<BR>><BR>> It's not for everyone, but it's still free... and I've been running it for<BR>> years with my own compiled Dovecot (thank Fedora Core for that switch, I<BR>> used to use Courier IMAP) and Postfix. I've never had a more rock-solid<BR>> system. Gentoo is next on my list since the newest release uses a<BR>> 'universal' cd install, no more stage 1/2/3 from what I've read/seen so<BR>> far ...<BR>><BR>> - Tony<BR>><BR>><BR>>> Gentoo is free. That is except for your time to install it. No fees and<BR>>> no subscription charge.<BR>>> Bob<BR>>><BR>>> Ron Maggio wrote:<BR>>>> I see that the distributions are switching to a annual subscription for<BR>>>> updating, what distros are then still offering free updates other then<BR>>>> Debian, I think? So which flavors are still truelly free to
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