On 2010-06-16 11:39 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Yes, but Gentoo isn't supplying binaries. The amount of project time/effort to get all those Debian binaries compiled and out the door is gargantuan compared to the Gentoo source model.
Ah, forgot about that... its amazing how you get used to the freedom of a source based system.
The biggest argument against source based installs is they take too long. On reasonably modern hardware it isn't much of an issue, and even on older hardware - I mean, really how often do you have to do the installation? Mine last for many years...
My point was that building binaries is one of the reasons it takes Debian so long to get a new release out. AFAIK, Gentoo isn't shackled with this issue.
Correct, it isn't, and with USE flags, it makes custom compiling (and recompiling if needs change) with support for *precisely* what you need extremely easy even for people like me... ;)
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Best regards,
Charles