the discussion at this point was related to net access speed, but machine speed is another pont to take into account.
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:42:12 +1200 Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes but you are forgetting the compile time!!!! With Mandrake, once I > download, I install, with Gentoo, once I download, I compile, THEN > install, big difference ona slow box!!! > > Cheers > > Jason > > Simon Hansman wrote: > > >Yeah, I've helped a couple of dialup users using the same method...the problem > >is updating but as you say it'd be the same for any distro. So there you go, > >as Nick has made clear, dialup shouldn't stop you from using Gentoo :) > > > > > > > >On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:23, Nick Rout wrote: > > > > > >>Re dialup, neither is any other distro any good if you rely solely on > >>dialup to install and maintain your distro. People on dialup generally > >>beg/steal/borrow a CD to install. Anyone who wants to do the same with > >>gentoo can do so. Its simply a matter of finding someone with an up to > >>date portage tree and dumping /usr/portage on a cd, then dumping the > >>contents of the cd onto the 56kuser's hard drive. Bang, up to date > >>emerge scripts and source code. I have done this for several people and > >>it saves heaps of time. > >> > >>Then all you have to fear is an update to xfree or kde, which will take > >>a while to download. But it will for binary packages too. > >> > >>Anyway, 56k with gentoo is no nore restrictive than any other distro > >>which gets updated frequently - and face it who wants old versions when > >>updates are released. I see binary distro users fluffing about looking > >>for their distro's binaries for kde-latest when I have done emerge -u > >>world and been running it for days or weeks. > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
