MLUG: Re: [MLUG] What Linux Distro Do You Prefer?
Re: [MLUG] What Linux Distro Do You Prefer?
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On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Nathan Atkinson wrote:

> 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.

If you compile everything yourself, don't you miss out on the package
management system?  I would think you'd have to install the packages to
get that benefit.

Mike
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