Gentoo

I downloaded gentoo not long ago and was amazed that the download itself was over 13 Gigs! It comes with so much support and packages that I almost shiot myself. Anyways, you'll have to decide which 'install' you want. It's like in windows where it has that Custom or Automatic install thing. Stage 1 allows total control so you can optimize it yourself. Stage 2 allows for you to skip the bootstrap session...good if you are happy with regular options and little customization. Stage 3 is a 'quick install'. So, there's a bit of info for ya. Each stage contains a full install...it is simply HOW it installs that is changed. If I were you, I'd visit the gentoo site and find out if they support your modem and if they don't, email them with that info. A good place to look is on the gentoo site in the forums as someone can always point you in the right direction. By the way, Gentoo kicks ass. I ran it for about 4 weeks (I like trying different distros of linux...one can never limit oneself) and thought it was great. I run Slackware 9 on my main linuxbox/router/gateway/firewall just because I'm used to it and it is my first box I ever built from scratch 4 yrs ago. Ok, enough rambling...hope this helps!


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TKS

If you are on dialup, I suggest you not using gentoo. Since you always need to d/l source to update your box, it can make that task quite tedious.