HLFusion wrote:If it is a test, then it's no wonder there are a ton of people who don't know what their doing. Installing Gentoo teaches you nothing, except maybe the length it takes to compile Xorg or the kernel. Reading the installation manual will actually help you learn something. Typing in random commands that you don't know what they mean teaches nothing.
Yes, there are quite some Gentoo kiddies around, but luckily that's a small minority of all Gentoo users. Gentoo is a good distribution, I'm using it since about two years now. For your first Gentoo installation, you need to read the manual anyway, but it doesn't teach you much beyond installing and configuring the base system properly.
However, what I really like about Gentoo is the documentation. You'll find nearly complete books about almost anything related to Gentoo, and those informations often apply to Linux-based systems in general.
HLFusion wrote:Emerge has some work but it's coming along quite nicely. However, if you've done Debian, and you've done Slackware then you're pretty much good to go. I suggest you stick with Slackware.
Portage is one of the most feature-rich package management systems around (emerge is just a utility of Portage). Even apt doesn't beat that. But for the normal desktop user, most of its features are of little use, unless you're going to übercustomize your system. If you like Slackware, stick with it, if you like Debian, stick with it. There is no reason to change to Gentoo, if you're happy with your current distribution.
. To be more specific, im having problems connecting to the internet. I dont know HOW. Can anyone help ? 
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