[plug] Gentoo on APC cover disc

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

On 7/4/07, Jim Householder <nofixed at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just got the latest copy of APC to try out Gentoo.  The networkless
> installation appeared to go OK, except that the user I defined was not
> created.
>
> I was able to use useradd to create the account, but had to manually
> create the home directory.  Normal?  Not for RH based distros I've
> worked with.
>
> Then I tried, using Gnome, to configure the services running (hald
> needed).  The script(?) failed and no services configuration window
> appeared.  I know that it can be done from the command line.
>
> The quality of this distro is somewhat lacking.  Has anyone else had a
> problem with it?
>
> Jim

I guess it comes down to what you were expecting. useradd doesn't
create the home directory unless you specify the '-m' parameter,
Redhat always seemed to do things it's own way whereas Gentoo and
other distros default to the standard GNU behaviour on this...

As for you gnome problems, on the gentoo site is desktop and gnome
howtos. This really is a distro for ultimate customisation, extreme
optimisation; generally for developers, enthusiasts and hackers. If
you were after something a little more turn-key, I don't think you'll
find it here. It's probably closer to Linux From Scratch if you've
heard of that, with better package management through the power of
portage.

Regards,
Tomasz