cheerios

wow... I'm finishing up pg 6 of the "how to install" and it's looking like it'll be tomorrow afternoon by the time this command is done running... impressions so far, 'cuz I'm sure I'm not the only one who was curious about this whole "stage 1, 2, 3 thing":
#1: the instructions are AWESOME. they've got just the right amount of detail. if you can't follow them, you shouldn't be, is the impression I get.
#2: I think This is the most friendly linux "installer" ever. it's something about the colors... the giant cow on teh background... something, that makes me relaxed, so I didn't stress when my "emerge system" didn't do what it was supposed to. turns out java was gein' stingy and i had to download a file for it. which leads to my 1 complaint:
#3: if there's the posibility that your users need to download extra files, you need to include curl, lynx or ftp in your install disk. Preferably multiple. 'cuz I had to download this java-doc file manually, then host it on my personal server... THEN wget it into the linux box (w/o a man page for wget I might add).
#4: ^---- they're NOT kidding. there's 72 things to install... I've been at it for... oh...3 hrs, and it's on number 12. well... I guess that's why monitors turn off