Gerhard Hoogterp schreef:
On Friday 09 December 2005 23:20, Tom Smith wrote:
Gentoo is a source-based distribution. This means that the software
you receive comes in the form of source code. It's up to you to
install (which includes compiling) the software with your specific
On Saturday 10 December 2005 11:58, Holly Bostick wrote:
Gerhard Hoogterp schreef:
While this is true and one of the things that makes gentoo gentoo,
there are already binary packages in portage. mozilla-bin,
openoffice-bin. Mostly big packages which take some time to compile.
So the
On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:58:19 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote:
There is obviously some overriding benefit to modularity for the KDE
team (as for the X.org team, which is also migrating to a modular format
for their packge), and this benefit migrates down to Gentoo as a
source-based distro (as
On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 15:55 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
I'll probably need the asbestos drawers here shortly:
I've burned up several hours here with a grindingly slow compile of
kde. It is an older machine ( a few years) but is a P4 2Ghz and 500MB
ram. Is there an alternative to this? I mean
I'll probably need the asbestos drawers here shortly:
I've burned up several hours here with a grindingly slow compile of
kde. It is an older machine ( a few years) but is a P4 2Ghz and 500MB
ram. Is there an alternative to this? I mean aside from using a
lighter, faster compiling, X setup.
On Friday 09 December 2005 16:55, Harry Putnam wrote:
Check out Kubuntu dude. It's probably right up your alley. This is *not* an
anti-Gentoo email. I 100% love Gentoo, and will continue to use it!
(Puts asbestos suit back in the drawer...)
I'll probably need the asbestos drawers here
Gentoo is a source-based distribution. This means that the software you receive comes in the form of source code. It's up to you to install (which includes compiling) the software with your specific preferences--this is what makes Gentoo what it is.If you like, you can add an emerge option
On Friday 09 December 2005 23:20, Tom Smith wrote:
Gentoo is a source-based distribution. This means that the software you
receive comes in the form of source code. It's up to you to install (which
includes compiling) the software with your specific preferences--this is
what makes Gentoo what
Gerhard Hoogterp wrote:
While this is true and one of the things that makes gentoo gentoo, there are
already binary packages in portage. mozilla-bin, openoffice-bin. Mostly big
packages which take some time to compile. So the idea of having a
pre-compiled KDE isn't that alien to the world of
Well,I learn something new every day. I recalled reading in one of the Gentoo install docs that there was no way to download binary cuts of apps. Since there are /some/, KDE would probably be a good candidate for this... I agree. (I spent around two days anxiously waiting for KDE to compile.)
On Saturday 10 December 2005 06:55, Harry Putnam wrote:
I'll probably need the asbestos drawers here shortly:
I've burned up several hours here with a grindingly slow compile of
kde. It is an older machine ( a few years) but is a P4 2Ghz and 500MB
ram. Is there an alternative to this? I mean
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 23:35:43 +0100, Gerhard Hoogterp wrote:
While this is true and one of the things that makes gentoo gentoo,
there are already binary packages in portage. mozilla-bin,
openoffice-bin. Mostly big packages which take some time to compile. So
the idea of having a pre-compiled
Chris White wrote:
On Saturday 10 December 2005 06:55, Harry Putnam wrote:
I'll probably need the asbestos drawers here shortly:
I've burned up several hours here with a grindingly slow compile of
kde. It is an older machine ( a few years) but is a P4 2Ghz and 500MB
ram. Is there an
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