Okay, I should have known this, but there really isn’t a choice for a networkless install of gentoo. The instructions will get you up to compiling the kernel and a bash script, but that’s it. I can’t get anything alsa to emerge, except for the things included in the kernel. icewm and rox won’t emerge,
Category: Life
Mixed blessings
I found out yesterday that my finacee had been ‘downsized’ from her company. She and four others were given severance until the end of next month, but asked to not report for work today. Now I feel a lot of things in reaction to this news, but they’re coming all at once. Bear with me
A system emerges
So I have my Dell Lattitude booting up to a prompt and everything is working and massively fast. Bootup in less than 5 seconds. Amazing. I understand why people love it. Along the way, I found an hdpram tweak that does wonders. I also got Xorg configured, which means that soon I can boot to