So my new project as of lately is skimpydog-gentoo.
This is Gentoo, 32bit - built how I like it.
When asked "what is the purpose of skimpydog-Gentoo?": it is to promote safe computing practices, and to introduce others to Linux - A free Operating System. I did NOT write this, I put it together, and worked out bugs - I created a few scripts to assist with ease of use.
You may download, and watch the installation video as a demonstration of the installation:
AVI ~215MB
Flash ~72MB
iPhone/iPod Touch/Android/PSP ~136MB
iPhone 4 ~177MB
When asked about Linux (by a stranger), I normally have to follow up with: "There's nothing wrong about not running Windows, I use Microsoft Windows as well".
An example use of Linux: What does the iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Android run? Your computer can run it much better.
I am updating the tar.bz2 (compressed files) as often as I can, as well as the installation instructions - but not too often as my goal is stability on an Intel ChipSet without using proprietary drivers/code; and attempting to keep things in layman's terms.
- However complex computers may be, the more familiar You become with the terminology the better off you will be. Computers are not going away anytime soon.
Built for an Intel based architecture, this is fully bloated with:
#gentoo-sources-2.6.28-r6
#xorg-server-1.7.7-r1
#mesa-7.7.1
#Gnome-2.30.2 built with hal support
#Compiz-Fusion-0.8.6
#cairo-dock-1.5.4.2
#enlightenment-1.0.2
#supertux
#superkart
#extreme-tuxracer
#python-2.6.5
#mythtv-0.23.1_p25496
#lirc
#gphoto2
#dialup support
Works right out of the box with dualhead nVidia older cards, like GeForceFX 5600. "eselect set opengl nvidia". You may use "eselect opengl list" to see what is available:
X11 # eselect opengl list
Available OpenGL implementations:
[1] nvidia *
[2] xorg-x11
With Intel Based Video cards i810, i915 (I assume newer chipsets as well; just not tested), use "eselect set opengl xorg-x11", and modify /etc/Xorg/xorg.conf by using one of the examples for Hardware Video acceleration:
/etc/X11 # ls xorg.conf*
xorg.conf xorg.conf.example xorg.conf.org
xorg.conf.DualDead xorg.conf.nvidia.TwinView xorg.conf.solo.intel
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