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If you downloaded an ISO image, you need to burn the ISO, not the individual files.
Under Nero smartstart it's under Copy/backup, and "Burn image to disk".
Don't take this the wrong way, but I think that Gentoo may not be quite your cup of tea if you got stuck at the burning ISO stage.
I think you might be better of trying Wubi to install a version of Ubuntu - www.wubi-installer.org
I think you might be better of trying Wubi to install a version of Ubuntu - www.wubi-installer.org
On windows I'd use something like nero or imgburn for getting those pesky .iso files onto cd/dvd.
Gentoo is a little strong for someone who is currently struggling a little. I do wish people wouldn't just recommend gentoo or another distro which is aimed at more advanced users. try something easy to make the transfer to linux such as one of the *buntu's or Fedora there are a lot of users actively supporting those distros. the distros I've mentioned are by no means the be all and end all, but when learning something new its nice to be able to google "program/problem+distro" and get somewhere relatively quickly.
Gentoo is a little strong for someone who is currently struggling a little. I do wish people wouldn't just recommend gentoo or another distro which is aimed at more advanced users. try something easy to make the transfer to linux such as one of the *buntu's or Fedora there are a lot of users actively supporting those distros. the distros I've mentioned are by no means the be all and end all, but when learning something new its nice to be able to google "program/problem+distro" and get somewhere relatively quickly.
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I've just joined the Linux lot, with a copy of Ubuntu. It's perfect for a first time user.
Go for it.
Go for it.
Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse 
You could also burn a live cd <-- that's one of many possible choices (make sure to choose the livecd option), and there are plenty of magazines that have a free Linux distribution on them each or most months
Gentoo is my favourite - I remember my first few install attempts, 12 hours on an amd64 3000+ system to get a gui & selection of applications *sniff*
You could also burn a live cd <-- that's one of many possible choices (make sure to choose the livecd option), and there are plenty of magazines that have a free Linux distribution on them each or most months Gentoo is my favourite - I remember my first few install attempts, 12 hours on an amd64 3000+ system to get a gui & selection of applications *sniff*
Why on earth do people keep recommending Gentoo to newbies? Why? Seriously.. what are you trying to do, put them off?
"Hey, welcome to Linux, yes it's as much of a pain in the arse as you've heard!"
Surely you'd want them to start with something easy for joe public, like Ubuntu? Something they can discover the joys of a portage in?
"Hey, welcome to Linux, yes it's as much of a pain in the arse as you've heard!"
Surely you'd want them to start with something easy for joe public, like Ubuntu? Something they can discover the joys of a portage in?
lol, i wouldn't touch linux with a barge pole if i were having difficulties burning an iso
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
p.s. one of my boxes is Gentoo - so I'm not insulting Gentoo in anyway... it's not exactly the best thing for a newbie.
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I second Fedora 9 or Linux Mint, both fantastic distros for new linux users!
Because Gentoo is not hard to install. It just fails because people cannot read what the installation manual is asking them to do. Seriously newbies will learn a lot more about Linux as a whole rather then move in something that tries to be like windows and fails at it. Gentoo is in no way exclusive to those who lived with Linux all their life.
If you want to use something that tries to be like windows, use windows
. It is by far better at least at being like windows. Properly looked after windows box at home is just as stable as Linux machines. And if you can't look after you're windows box then I am afraid you're Linux machine will be just as insecure.I am simply saying that if OP wishes to learn to use Linux as a different OS to windows, it will be better to at least try Gentoo. As opposed to jumping into an OS that tries to emulate windows, what benefit is to that? From those, I would recommend Open Suse then, just to be different to all those Ubuntu supporters
.nothing more noob friendly than gOS TBH http://www.thinkgos.com/
we need a sticky with "I'm new to linux hurr, Please help me get started" too many threads asking that question.
rsatd: Yes but! and this is the catch here people will be coming over from windows and the routine of installing and getting up and running should be as pain free as possible otherwise you will scare people off. and one important thing to remember gentoo isnt any more linux than any other linux distro.
rsatd: Yes but! and this is the catch here people will be coming over from windows and the routine of installing and getting up and running should be as pain free as possible otherwise you will scare people off. and one important thing to remember gentoo isnt any more linux than any other linux distro.
It's not about whether it's hard or not to install - it's all about whether your average user will be bothered to read a huge manual before they even download the ISO.Because Gentoo is not hard to install. It just fails because people cannot read what the installation manual is asking them to do. Seriously newbies will learn a lot more about Linux as a whole rather then move in something that tries to be like windows and fails at it. Gentoo is in no way exclusive to those who lived with Linux all their life.
If you want to use something that tries to be like windows, use windows
I am simply saying that if OP wishes to learn to use Linux as a different OS to windows, it will be better to at least try Gentoo. As opposed to jumping into an OS that tries to emulate windows, what benefit is to that? From those, I would recommend Open Suse then, just to be different to all those Ubuntu supporters
I actually agree with you that Gentoo is one of the best distros for someone who really wants to learn the inner workings of a Linux machine, how it operates under the hood, etc... However, in this case (and no disrespect to the OP), I don't think that getting a thorough grounding in the internals of Linux is very high up on his priorities.
I'm not suggesting that Gentoo isn't a great distro, because I do think it is, but I don't think it's suited to everyone's needs - and I think that goes for the vast majority of users who are now only just discovering Linux. Once they've got used to using one of the more "user friendly" distros and they've decided that they'd like to learn more about Linux, then at that point, I think suggesting Gentoo is worthwhile, but not before.
It's a bit like suggesting Assembly to someone who wants to start learning programming for the first time... sure, if you read a few books and study how it works, then I bet it's a great way of learning about programming. Most new programmers, however, start off with something a bit easier to get to grips with like Basic or Java.
Surely they should use windows then? Where all of that is true. I am not of opinion that Linux is better then windows and those who can use are some sort of master race, but more that to me the Linux is more appealing in how things are done. And that if anyone else wants to learn to use it, they would do much better to dive right in.
That's right, but the installation manual introduces the text based approach which is by far more useful then a GUI based one.
GarethDW: What happened to RTFM?
In my defence, OP made it out that he was interested in learning, thus my recommendation. If OP said "I used windows and want to use something similar but Linux based/free", my recommendation would be different.