[rascul]

> I think that Gentoo or even Arch would provide pretty close to the same education level, though, with a lot less time to install.

it only takes three commands to install Gentoo

cfdisk /dev/hda && mkfs.xfs /dev/hda1 && mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/ && chroot /mnt/gentoo/ && env-update && . /etc/profile && emerge sync && cd /usr/portage && scripts/bootsrap.sh && emerge system && emerge vim && vi /etc/fstab && emerge gentoo-dev-sources && cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig && make install modules_install && emerge gnome mozilla-firefox openoffice && emerge grub && cp /boot/grub/grub.conf.sample /boot/grub/grub.conf && vi /boot/grub/grub.conf && grub && init 6

that's the first one

https://web.archive.org/web/20230601013339/http://bash.org/?...

[djhworld]

I remember playing with Gentoo back in 2004-2005, going through the installation procedure from "stage 1" all the way through to the working system [1]

It looks like nowadays the handbook says just go from stage 3, which makes sense - compiling everything was kinda stupid :D

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20041013055338/http://www.gentoo...

[porl]

I made the mistake of hitting from stage 1 an `emerge world` on a Pentium 3 (I think? P4 at the very best) with a full Open Office and Firefox selection.

No idea how long it would take.

One week later I finally saw my new desktop!

I learnt a hell of a lot with Gentoo - only had a dvd and the magazine it came with stepping through the stage 1 install process. No internet connection to search for answers when things went wrong. Not my current daily driver but definitely some good memories!

[hulitu]

> it only takes three commands to install Gentoo

> cfdisk /dev/hda

Kids those days. You need to _boot_ first in a system which has those utilities. Also hda is from last century but, it is good for learning why.