Books on Gentoo

[dd1313]

Hi Guys

Apart from the Handbook and forum,is there a dummies book on Gentoo

Thanks
DD

 

[.Froot.]

Gentoo isn't for dummies... or the average... or the intelligent... it's for the crazy geniuses....

AFAIK there isn't a Gentoo for Dummies book either...

 

[PokerKing]

whats Gentoo?

 

[MyWorld]

What are you looking for in this book? What subjects/areas/things should be covered?

 

[ponder]

whats Gentoo?

A penguin, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_penguin




And then you get a Gentoo Linux distribution, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_Linux

 

[milomak]

what in a book would you hope is covered but the Gentoo website doesn't?

 

[MyWorld]

what in a book would you hope is covered but the Gentoo website doesn't?

+1
That is why I asked as well.

If you are looking for an idiots guide, install Ubuntu.


Seriously, if you are no proficient in Linux, then you should try something else. Gentoo is getting more complicated as time goes by IMHO, so if you do not know your way around Linux then it is not for you.

 

[Kroks]

www.gentoo.org is the best place to start, the docs section is a verry good source for installing and configuring the basic system, and more specific parts like X.
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/ is the wiki site. They had major crash late last year, but working OK now.

a Google search will generally give a lot of the answers that you might be looking for.

Gentoo is not for the faint harted, it is for people that really want to learn the ins and outs of Linux. Emerge is probably (my opinion) the best package manager out there.

Have fun.