[vox-tech] debian and openoffice

Rod Roark rod at sunsetsystems.com
Mon Oct 18 11:13:23 PDT 2004


On Monday 18 October 2004 11:01 am, Robert G. Scofield wrote:
> Rod Roark wrote:
> >Just in case you were thinking of trying a different
> >distribution.  ;-)
> >
> >
> What level of expertise does one need in order to install Gentoo?  It's 
> not like installing Mandrake or SuSE, right?  I'm somewhat familiar with 
> the Debian install.  Is it like Debian?

It's different because you are installing from source.  It's
not for newbies - you need to know Linux basics, or be ready
for a crash course!

The best way to see what's involved is to skim the Handbook:

  http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml

-- Rod


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