The other thing is that once you have compiled , say X and KDE on one machine, you can transfer it to a similar architecture machine.
ie if you ebuild X & KDE for pentium4 you can transfer to another p4 machine, but not an athlon t-bird. so efficiencies will depend on the mix of machines we get. On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:00:37 +1200 Steve Brorens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...OK, First things first:- > > > > How many people on the list would be seriously interested in this? > > The number interested will define the location of the venue. > > Note that you _must_ have a linux compatible network card installed in > your > > machine for this idea to even totter into the realm of possiblity. We > will also need a hub / switch with sufficient ports > for each > machine... > > The key issue as I see it is that the compiling stage takes such a very > long time on anything but real fireburning gear. From what I've read, > I'm expecting it to take my notebook to be hammering away for several > days to get an X environment up and going, but I imagine it's going to > take *quite* a long time to get even a minimal CLI setup going - and > thats assuming no h'ware problems. > > So, the question is, what can be reasonably expected from a <8hr > session? > > - steve > > > > ========================================================= > http://www.commarc.co.nz > > (This e-mail has been scanned by MailMarshal) > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
