On Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:00:05 -0700 Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote:
> Note: I use some obscure command-line-only applications > that are only available as DEB and RPM. I'm glad there > are other distro communities out there, but many do not > have the obscure stuff, and building large apps from > source will soon be beyond my skill set. Ehh, building large apps from source doesn't take a lot of skill, persay. The hard part is having a powerful enough system to actually build it. It does take some skill, but Gentoo at least is easier to use than ever. But C++ and Rust devs routinely require 8 or even 16 gigabytes of RAM to compile their software. Most computers today can handle it, but I've had lower end ones struggle to keep up with compiling the most gigantic applications like Firefox, Rust, and Webkit-GTK.
