On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 05:59:40PM +1000, Ben de Luca wrote: > > I like to optimise my system as much as possible, Im not in a situation that > I can always have the most upto date hardware. I also have several machines > with different achitecture. Seeing that downloading binaries is just a > waste of my downloadable limit its nice to be able to get the src.
Does spending hours compiling really save you time? Does your system really run so much faster that it outweighs the time spent compiling? Also, both Red Hat and Debian (and presumably other rpm- or deb-based systems) allow you to download source packages and build those... with the added benefits that you can still use those distro's standard config tools and package management. I'm unconvinced that a distro that forces me to compile *everything*, rather than giving me the choice to use binaries or source, is worthwhile. Is there something about Gentoo I'm missing? Why do some people like it so much? (I already know why some people don't like it :) -Andrew. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
