Re: [MLUG] What Linux Distro Do You Prefer?

[Nathan Atkinson <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Because it is so entertaining to watch all that text scroll by... :D, 
yeah, there are precompiled packages available so if you want you can 
use those, but the point is to have a system that is completely tuned to 
your setup.  Now if it makes much different, I don't think so.  But 
their package management system makes it pretty easy to stay up-to-date 
on all your software and also if you want you can be on the "unstable 
bleeding edge" of the software.

Nathan A.

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Nathan Atkinson wrote:
> 
> 
>>Gentoo takes an eternity to install, it took me almost 3 days to compile
>>everything on my AthlonXP 2100 with 512MB of RAM.  It is amazing how
>>long it takes to compile X, KDE, and a few other things.
> 
> 
> I'm surprised that you would compile so many programs.  Why doesn't it
> come with pre-compiled packages?  If it does come with such packages, why
> don't you use them?
> 
> I can understand that you might like to compile a few things so that you
> can add non-default features, but is it really worth it to compile
> everything?
> 
> Mike
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