[olug] RE: Gentoo vs Red Hat (was Red Hat network and update removal)

[CM Miller]

--- Craig Wolf <CJWolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:
> I DON'T want to screw this up!  

I don't know about this...you learn best when thinking
there is no such thing as failure, only learning.

If you were one of the chosen ones to see me present
on killer Linux Apps in July 2003, this was a major
theme that I've hammered on.  

Sometimes you have to screw it up to learn.  

But there are others, who continue to screw up and
never learn from it.  

> Answer me this: How different is Gentoo from Red
> Hat?  Will my limited knowledge of Red Hat Linux
> allow me to run a Gentoo Linux box effectively? 
> What major differences will I run into?  Would
> someone on the list be willing to let me call them,
> not email, if I get in too deep and need to be
> walked through a tough problem that google/Gentoo's
> website won't/can't answer??  In case you can't
> tell, I am a little nervous about this.  
> 

Do you have the luxury of having extra hardware to run
both RH/Gentoo machines in parallel in a type of
test/development environment? 

I think that would be the best bet to learn and see
what happens. 

-Chris 
 

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I don't believe this to be a coincidence"

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