I do this every couple of days with Gentoo and I just leave the compilation going in a konsole in the background....it's not a big deal really. For big compiles like a new KDE, I just leave my pc on overnight, again it doesn't inconvience at all.
anyway, each to their own, Simon On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:33, Jason wrote: > Yes but to stay bleeding edge don't you have to compile each time you > download a new package?? I install the latest version of cooker each > day. With Gentoo, doesn't that mean I'd have to comipile a lot of > packages each day?? Mandrake does the compiling for me with Cooker yes?? > > Cheers > > Jason > > Carl Cerecke wrote: > > Jason wrote: > >> Yes but you are forgetting the compile time!!!! > > > > That's the point. After you've done it once, you *can* > > forget about the compile time. But the performance > > benefits continue every time you use the program. > > > > Cheers, > > Carl. -- Simon Hansman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
