Handbook:Main Page/it

Introduzione
Il Gentoo Handbook è un tentativo di centralizzare la documentazione in un manuale coerente. Questo manuale contiene istruzioni per effettuare installazioni via Internet e parti riguardanti il lavorare con Gentoo e Portage.

Architetture
Gentoo Linux è disponibile per diverse architetture. Ma cos'è un'architettura, esattamente?

Un'"architettura" è una famiglia di CPU (processori) che supportano le stesse istruzioni. Le due architetture dominanti nel mondo desktop sono l'architettura x86 e l'architettura x86_64 (per la quale Gentoo utilizza la notazione "amd64"). Esistono molte altre architetture, come sparc, ppc (la famiglia PowerPC), mips, arm, ...

A distribution as versatile as Gentoo supports many architectures. For that reason, you'll find that our Gentoo Handbooks are offered for many of the supported architectures. However, that might lead to some confusion as not all users are aware of the differences. Some are only aware of the CPU type or name that their system is a part of (like i686 or Intel Core i7). Below you will find a quick summary of the supported architectures and the abbreviation used in Gentoo. However, most people that do not know the architecture of their system are mostly interested in x86 or amd64.

Can't you magically have the handbook dynamically created for each choice?
Everything is possible, but we have opted to only do this on a per-architecture level. Other choices, like partitioning, kernel selection, tool installation and more are easy enough to explain in a single document.

I can't find stage1 information in the Gentoo handbook
Instructions on using a stage1 or stage2 tarball are now available in the Gentoo FAQ. A stage3 installation is the only supported installation as of now.

I disagree with ...
Please report your idea through the Discussion pages of the respective handbook page. Documentation is made for the community, so community feedback is well appreciated.

However, you must know that most decisions made while developing documentation are based on a consensus-model. It is impossible to write/structure documentation in such a way that everybody is happy with it. You must be able to accept a "No" with the reason that we believe the current implementation benefits most people.

In order to properly track open issues we ask you to add the following marker to your question:

This allows us to keep track of issues within the Gentoo Handbook.