Re: [PLUG] Gentoo Prefix Talk?

[Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com>]

Yes!
On Apr 8, 2012 7:38 PM, "Rich Freeman" <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net> wrote:
>
> I've managed to get Gentoo Prefix running on a few OSes now, and I was
> wondering if anybody would be interested in a talk:
> Gentoo Everywhere - An Intro to Gentoo Prefix
>
> For those not familiar with it, Gentoo Prefix is a way to get Gentoo
> running on other unix-like operating systems, including Windows, OSX,
> and other Linux distros.  Conceptually it is similar to installing
> another distro in a chroot (a common trick), but it doesn't actually
> run in a chroot.  Instead you have full access to Gentoo software
> installed in some directory tree mapped into your path, where it stays
> out of your other OS'es way, but still has access to your regular
> /home and so on.  It also can be installed without root access, as
> long as you have a modest toolchain on your native OS.
>
> I'll probably demo it running in Windows, OSX, and maybe Ubuntu. I'll
> also talk about situations where it could be useful, even if you
> otherwise like what you already have.
>
> Any takers?  And no, I can't give the talk on Tuesday...  :)
>
> Rich
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