I hope you get that data back. Big ouch! Do the packages it uses
have to be made for it, or can you use canned Debian, etc. packages?
Yes, I'm too lazy to look it up :)
/mario
On 1/17/07, steve szmidt <steve@szmidt.org> wrote:
> Well,
>
> I had enough with some problems with FC and decided to give Sabayon a try.
>
> Bittorrent ended up taking 4 days for the 3G DVD. Fortunately the checksum
> checked out when it was all said and done or I would probably have cried.
>
> When the DVD boots you get a menu where you can
> run it live
> install a music version which I guess has a realtime kernel
> install using a GUI
> install using a text I/F
> install a kiosk version
> and some other options I forgot
>
> The home page claims the best multimedia distro available. It certainly has a
> nicely configured KDE with a ton of slick tools. It will let you choose
> between two different accelerated 3D modes. Comes with some very nice and
> exciting looking desktop designs.
>
> During install it asks for root passwd, and the main user (probably to let
> that one su to root) and you can add additional users. This is where the
> warning applies.
>
> As is standard during install you can just tell it to mount your home
> partition without asking if you are sure you don't want to format it. Then if
> you make an existing user be the normal user all is fine. (Provided your
> earlier version of KDE does not conflict with the newer one).
>
> But if you add another user which already exists it will delete that users
> home dir and create a new one with the same name! Absolutely insane! I was
> ready to send a nastygram to whomever.
>
> It loaded the binary nvidia driver but only asks if you want accelerated 3D
> GUI when running live on the DVD. During install you have to figure it out
> yourself.
>
> Being based on Gentoo/Debian makes for a wake up as many things are not the
> same as the more common RH type system. In fact attempting to configure my
> monitor had to be done by hand in xorg or using an out of date xconfig
> program, which still requires manual intervention. There was no GUI to
> configure the network after install and took a bit of digging to discover a
> network text tool.
>
> Once one is past the learning curve it does look very very interesting. There
> is a high degree of eye candy to keep you excited for some time.
>
> Now if they just did not have the screwup on wiping out an existing user dir,
> kind a like Mepis did at one point where it wiped a whole home partition
> without warning. This could easily be a top contender for any desktop.
>
> There is no shortage on applications and is clearly aimed to make the
> experience fun. When Gentoo came out they had they also had a fun look, but
> this is no doubt the best I've seen so far.
>
> Did I say it wiped out an existing user dir?! That really pissed me off... :(
>
> Meanwhile I'm figuring out how to use debugfs to try to recover the data I
> don't have backed up.
>
> --
>
> Steve Szmidt
>
> "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety
> deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
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