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Re: [PLUG] Gentoo does the realignment two-step
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On Sunday 06 July 2003 08:47 am, Fred K Ollinger wrote:
> I'm a bit confused about how gentoo users need to wait for anything. The
> whole thing is free software and as far as I have heard, they compile
> vanilla sources from source. So they never really need to worry about who
> "owns" their distro. At least that's what I heard. I never managed to get
> gentoo installed myself so I'm open to corrections on this.
Yeah, its pretty easy to keep on a bleeding edge with Gentoo. Like when
QuickRip 0.7 came out, I just copied quickrip-0.6.ebuild to
quickrip-0.7.ebuild and did an 'emerge -uD world'.
Compiling can take a bit of time, but I have a 2 GHz p4 laptop so its not
noticable. Once things are setup, I just compile in the background and go on
using the system.
Debian still for the server though :) Mostly because it just works and I
don't have to use it. It's just a tool. So unless the hd fails, it remains
Debian.
I'm not in a change distrib mood anymore, so I'll stick with Gentoo. I made
the jump from Debian to Gentoo out of curiousity since its source based. I
like the setup and fast pace, but a distrib is a distrib. They all are
basically the same once you get them installed.
--
Geoff Rivell.
P.S. Anyone go to the Pearl Jam concert July 5th? I was in the lawn front
row. Had a great time except for my current lack of sleep :-P
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