[Wlug] Hello from new member. April topics?

[Terry S]

Well, it was a while ago...

...in a nutshell, I was rebuilding base system and the portage tree a 
few months after install, following instructions posted and detailed 
reasoning explained by a senior Gentoo developer.

After a few problems problems, the error that blocked me from fixing 
anything else was that the rsync server I chose at install time was no 
longer valid, which I verified by looking at the list again. But no one 
seemed to know how to change it, and I just couldn't deal with 
re-installing the whole thing at that time (I did a Stage 2, which took 
2 days).

I still have Gentoo installed on that computer, but I just don't have 
time to deal with it right now. Maybe in the summer, then again, maybe 
not. Slackware may be more appropriate, considering time constraints. I 
have it installed (dual-boot) on the Windows box I'm using right now, 
but I barely have time to touch it...hope to change that in the next 
couple of weeks!

Actually, the first thing I want to do is install Slackware on my 
laptop. I might do that in the next week.

Several things going on right now. Like needing to get a used network 
printer with "tabloid-size" capability installed on my Windows box, then 
(fingers crossed) getting it installed under Linux, too -- oh, joy 
[sarcasm]! *But first* there's this mechanism that I didn't realize 
needs replacing about every 6 years -- and it's $180 to buy -- and first 
I have to figure out how to get the darn mechanism apart and cleaned, 
because sometimes that can be the problem...I wonder if I should just 
give up and shell out the $180 bucks!

Thanks Eric and Eric for your offers of help.

Sincerely,
Terry S


Eric Martin wrote:
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> Why yes I did teach a Worcester Nightlife course on linux.  Like Eric
> Stein said, I'd be happy to help you out with gentoo's portage.  If you
> don't mind my asking, what sort of problems did you have with it?
> Eric
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> Terry S wrote:
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>>   - Avoiding problems with package-management systems (I had a nightmare 
>> with rsync on Gentoo).
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>> (p.s. to Eric Martin -- I think I know you. Did you teach a Night Life 
>> course on Linux?)
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