Yep, even on the fastest hardware out there, a binary distro will take much less time to install and update then a source based distro. I'm all for source based distros but there is a price you pay for that extra flexibility and % speed increase..... time.
Trevor > I challenge you to show me numbers proving that installing from source > is faster than installing a binary and upgrading it. That's simply not > true, installing a binary really takes very little time, and generally > only a few things need to be updated. > > Le 2 D�cembre 2002 12:32, vous avez �crit : >> Because the time even out. >> >> With Source based, you compile it on the fly, and it takes a while. >> With Binary based, you DL a new version, then install over the old >> one. >> >> I just think that by installing current right off the bat, you avoid >> so many other issues, that the additional time spent compiling doesn't >> matter. >> As another of my messages message showed, you'll end up compiling >> lots of >> extra packages manually even if you use a binary based distro. >> >> Kev. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jesse Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:11 AM >> Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work >> >> > Kevin, >> > >> > It occurs to me that you keep saying that compile time is >> irrelevent. >> > Yet >> >> this >> >> > discussion is based on your comparison of the time it takes to >> install >> >> Linux vs. >> >> > Windows. If you are talking about install times, then how is compile >> time >> >> not >> >> > relevent when you need to compile Gentoo in order to install it? >> Also, how >> >> can >> >> > you sit there and say that comparing the time it takes to install a >> binary >> >> OS >> >> > vs. a source OS is a good comparison? That is a completely >> rediculous comparison. I'm not trying to bash Gentoo by saying that >> Red Hat is better >> >> or >> >> > anything (I've never even used Gentoo), I'm just saying that >> comparing Red Hat/SuSE/Debian/Mandrake, or any binary OS install to >> Windows is a fair comparison, unless you are building Windows from >> source. >> > >> > Jesse
