Cory Petkovsek wrote:
> qpkg works but is quite slow.
Yes, without the -I flag, qpkg searches all of /usr/portage. But with
-I, it runs quickly. ("qpkg -I -v -nc" ran in 0.25 seconds of real
time on my box just now.)
> Be careful with gentoo on a laptop. I have two laptops with gentoo on
> it. Laptop hardware is not designed to be running at 100% cpu
> utilization all the time, while a desktop could care less.
Good point. My laptop has been a [EMAIL PROTECTED] client without damaging
itself, and I'd use distcc to offload as much compiling as possible,
but it's still a valid concern.
> The other laptop I have a 3 year warranty on it, and the hardware is
> so new that Gentoo is the best for it. Freebsd won't boot.
What'd you get?
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